Where does “کیش” come from?

کیش (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit केश, from Proto-Indo-Aryan káyśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian káyćas ~ gáyćas.

کیش (Urdu): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “کیش”, step by step

کیش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit केश

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकेशhair; the mane; a kind of perfume
2Proto-Indo-Aryankáyśas—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankáyćas ~ gáyćas—

via Classical Persian کیش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianکیش—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian káyćas ~ gáyćas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan káyśas →Every word from Sanskrit केश →