Vesta
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- (Roman god) The goddess of the hearth and the household.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (reside, dwell, pass the night, live, spend the night, stay, abide, pass stay the night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wes-
Gloss
reside, dwell, pass the night, live, spend the night, stay, abide, pass stay the night
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hestia English
- Vesta English
- vestal English
- vestally English
- Wesen German
- Hestia Spanish, Castilian
- αὐλή Ancient Greek
- Ἑστία Ancient Greek
- ἰαύω Ancient Greek
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wóstu Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *was Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- *wistiz Proto-Germanic
- *wēz- Proto-Germanic
- wesan Old English
- वसति Sanskrit
- वस् Sanskrit
- वास Sanskrit
- Vesta Middle English
- Hestia Catalan, Valencian
- बस्ती Hindi
- wesan Old High German
- գոյ Old Armenian
- వసతి Telugu
- wesen Middle High German
- wësen Middle High German
- 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- *woseti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸare Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewostom Proto-Celtic
- vāsa Pali
- *Hwas- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hwásati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hestija Lithuanian
- 𑀯𑀲𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *a)uaϑā Proto-Albanian
- *wartā Proto-Albanian
- 𒁾 Sumerian
- 𒄷𒍑 Hittite