Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wástram
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wés-tro-m, from *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).
Noun edit
*wástram n [1]
Descendants edit
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wástram
- Sanskrit: वस्त्र (vástra) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *wástram
References edit
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vástra”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ورشتک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press