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. 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

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ورشتک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press