Where does “*wašnah” come from?
*wašnah (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wašnas, from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- — to wish, to want.
Ancestry of “*wašnah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *wašnas | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | weḱ- | to wish, to want |