kaik̂- or koik̂-

    kaik̂- or koik̂-

    English meaning: to scratch, itch, comb, *dress (the hair), cut the hair

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “kratzen, kämmen”

    Material: O.Ind. kéśa- m. “ hair of the head “, kēś í n- mähnig “ (as O.C.S. kosa “hair” : česati “comb” from *kes- ‘scratch, scrape, comb”); Maybe Alb. (*cěs-) qeth “to cut hair of the head” common Alb. -s > -th phonetic mutatIon. Lith. kaĩšti ‘scrape, rub, smooth”, iškaĩ šti “glass, wood under likewise inside smooth machen”, kaĩštuvas “ Glättinstrument der Böttcher “, O.Pruss. coysnis “comb”, coestue “comb, bristle brush”; O.Bulg. cěsta “way, road” as “geglätteter way”.

    References: WP. I 328, Trautrnann 113.