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]

  1. garment
  2. cloth

Inflection

neuter a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wástram *wástray *wástraH
vocative *wástram *wástray *wástraH
accusative *wástram *wástray *wástraH
instrumental *wástraH *wástraybʰyā(m) *wástrāyš
ablative *wástrāt *wástraybʰyā(m) *wástraybʰyas
dative *wástrāy *wástraybʰyā(m) *wástraybʰyas
genitive *wástrasya *wástrayās *wástrānaHam
locative *wástray *wástrayaw *wástrayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wástram
  • Proto-Iranian: *wástram
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬀 (vastra)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (wastar)
      • Persian: وشترک (vaštark) (obsolete), ورشتک (varaštak), ورشک (varašk) (misspellings)

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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