व्ययति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *uHyáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *uHyáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁y-éye-ti, the zero-grade causative of *weh₁y- (to weave). Cognate with Latin vieō (to twist, plait, weave), Russian вить (vitʹ, to wind, twist, weave).

Pronunciation

Verb

व्ययति • (vyáyati) third-singular indicative (class 1, root व्ये)

  1. to wind, wrap, envelop

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “व्ययति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1041/2.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vieō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 677