Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wástram

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wástram

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wés-tro-m, from *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).

Noun

*wástram n [1]

1. garment
2. cloth

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wástram
  • Sanskrit: वस्त्र (vástra) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *wástram
  • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (vastra)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (wastar)
    • Persian: وشترک‎ (vaštark) (obsolete), ورشتک‎ (varaštak), ورشک‎ (varašk) (misspellings)

References

1. 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