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Where does “वयति” come from?

वयति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan wáHyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wáHyati, from Proto-Indo-European wéh₁y-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁y- — to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

वयति (Sanskrit): to spin, weave

Definitions

  1. to spin, weave

Ancestry of “वयति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanwáHyati—
2Proto-Indo-IranianwáHyatito weave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéh₁y-e-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...
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