Where does “անհամեստ” come from?

անհամեստ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian համեստ, from Old Armenian -ստ, from Proto-Indo-European -sti-.

անհամեստ (Old Armenian): immodest, unchaste, obscene

Definitions

  1. immodest, unchaste, obscene

Ancestry of “անհամեստ”, step by step

անհամեստ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian համեստ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianհամեստmodest, decent; reserved, moderate, temperate
2Old Armenian-ստForming few action nouns. These action nouns may...
3Proto-Indo-European-sti-

via Old Armenian ան

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianանnegative prefix; on, at
2Classical Armenianայն

Words derived from “անհամեստ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sti-Every word from Old Armenian -ստEvery word from Old Armenian համեստ