Etymology

yasht

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Today it means: Any of a collection of hymns and prayers. Full definition →

Middle Persian yšt' ← Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁yaǵ-
  2. Avestan · derived from𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀“honored”
  3. Middle Persian · borrowed fromyšt'“prayer, worship”
  4. English todayyasht

From Middle Persian yšt' (yašt, “prayer, worship”), probably from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (yašta, “honored”), from 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz, “to worship, honor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₁yaǵ- all →

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