Where does “واسکٹ” come from?

واسکٹ (Ushojo) comes from Urdu واسکٹ, from English waistcoat, from English waist, from Middle English wast, from Latin vāstitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

واسکٹ (Ushojo): waistcoat

Definitions

  1. waistcoat

Ancestry of “واسکٹ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduواسکٹwaistcoat
2EnglishwaistcoatAn ornamental garment worn under a doublet; A...
3EnglishwaistThe part of the body between the pelvis and the...
4Middle EnglishwastSecond-person singular past indicative form of...
5Latinvāstitāswaste (empty place), desert
6Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós