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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wástram

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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
  • Indo-Aryan: *wástram
  • Iranian: *wástram
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (vastra)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (wastar)
      • Persian: وشترک‎ (*vaštark) (obsolete)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vástra”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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