From Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰés-to- (“hand”), from *ǵʰes-. Compare Hindi हाथ (hāth), Urdu ہاتھ (hāth), Persian دست (dast), Punjabi ਹੱਥ (hattha), Kashmiri اَتھٕ (athụ).
هوست (host)
