Where does “ویستا” come from?

ویستا (Persian) comes from Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬛, from Proto-Iranian wayd-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “ویستا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Avestan𐬬𐬌𐬛know, understand
2Proto-Iranianwayd-to know; to find
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwayd-to know; to find
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayd- →Every word from Proto-Iranian wayd- →