Where does “heş” come from?

heş (Zazaki) comes from Proto-Iranian Hŕ̥šah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ŕ̥tḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tḱós — destroying.

heş (Zazaki): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “heş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IranianHŕ̥šahbear
2Proto-Indo-IranianHŕ̥ćšasbear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ŕ̥tḱosbear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r̥tḱósdestroying
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tḱós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ŕ̥tḱos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hŕ̥ćšas →