wäs-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "was"

Tocharian A

Verb

wäs-

1. to be dressed in; to wear

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tocharian *wäs-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes-. Compare Tocharian A wäs-, Hittite [Term?] (/⁠waš-⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠waššezzi⁠/), Albanian vesh, Latin vestis, vestiō, Sanskrit वस्ते (vaste), Old English werian (English wear).

Verb

wäs-

1. to be dressed in; to wear

   wässāte kaṣār-wassi

   he was dressed in a monk's garment

2. to get dressed (in), to put on

   sonopitär līkṣītär wästsanma krenta yäṣṣitär

   he anointed himself, bathed, and put on good clothing

Related terms

• wastsi
• wästsi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell; to spend the night”)

Verb

wäs-

1. to dwell; to reside

   pelaikne yamaṣṣeñca sak wsaṣṣäṃ

   fulfilling the law, [in] good fortune he abides

   śtwārka wṣeññaṃne wsaskeṃ

   they dwell in forty places