Proto-IE: *kes-
Meaning: to comb, to scratch
Hittite: kisai- (I) 'kämmen' (Tischler 587), kisri- c. 'etwas aus Wolle' (591)
Tokharian: B kāswo 'Aussatz'
Old Indian: kacchū- f. 'itch, scab, any cutaneous disease'
Avestan: kasvīš 'Krätze, mit einer solchen Behafteter'
Armenian: khos 'Krätze, Räude'
Old Greek: késkeo-n n. `Werg'
Celtic: Ir cīr f. 'Kamm'
Russ. meaning: чесать, расчесывать
References: WP I 449 f
Comments: See also *kAs- 'plait, woman's hair'
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