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Where does “*wíwayšti” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*wíwayšti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate
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