Where does “wáṣṭi” come from?

wáṣṭi (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wášti, from Proto-Indo-European wéḱ-ti, from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- — to wish, to want.

Ancestry of “wáṣṭi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwášti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwéḱ-ti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweḱ-to wish, to want

Words derived from “wáṣṭi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéḱ-ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wášti →