Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wáytˢti

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 *wéydti, from *weyd-.

Verb

*wáytˢti[1]

to know

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáytti
- Sanskrit: वेत्ति (vétti)
Proto-Iranian: *wáystī
- Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬬𐬋𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬁‎ (vōistā, 2sg.ind.perf)[2]

References

Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 50
Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯aid¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408

[1] Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 50

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*u̯aid¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408