Where does “*wíwayṣṭi” come from?

*wíwayṣṭi (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíwayšti, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.

Ancestry of “*wíwayṣṭi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*wíwayšti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate

Words derived from “*wíwayṣṭi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíwayšti →