Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wítastiš

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

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Noun

*wítastiš f

span (as a measure of length)

Inflection

masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wítastiš	*wítastiH	*wítastayas
vocative	*wítastay	*wítastiH	*wítastayas
accusative	*wítastim	*wítastiH	*wítastinš
instrumental	*wítastiH	*wítastibʰyā(m)	*wítastibʰiš
ablative	*wítastayš	*wítastibʰyā(m)	*wítastibʰyas
dative	*wítastayay	*wítastibʰyā(m)	*wítastibʰyas
genitive	*wítastayš	*wítastiyās	*wítastiHnaHam
locative	*wítastāy	*wítastiyaw	*wítastišu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wítastiṣ
- Sanskrit: वितस्ति (vítasti, “measure of length; span between thumb and little finger”)
  - Pali: vidatthi
    - → Sinhalese: විදත්‍ථිය (widatthiya)
  - Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (vihatthi), *𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (*vitti) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *wítastiš
- Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬙𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (vītasti)
- Gurani: ۋیەسە (ʋiyasa)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: bihust, bost
  
  Central Kurdish: بست (bist)
  
  Southern Kurdish: بِنگِس (bingis), بِنگِز (bingiz)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (wt(y)st /⁠widest⁠/)
  - Persian: بدست (bedast)
- Pashto: لوېشت (lwešt), ولېشت (wlešt)