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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *wíwayšti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | weys- | to raise, increase; to produce, procreate |