Comet

From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 25555
Date: 2003-09-06

Middle English comete, from Old English comta, from Late Latin, from
Latin comts, from Greek komts, long-haired (star), comet, from kom,
hair. (Bartleby etyma).

What could be the cognate words for 'hair' in other languages? kom-
in Telugu means a horn.

Thanks.