Where does “wayd-” come from?

wayd- (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “wayd-”, step by step

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