vista-

change

vista- (2) vb. "change" (transitive), pa.t. vistanë, cf. intransitive virya-, q.v. (PE17:189, 191)

vista-

verb. to change (transitive)

Changes

• wista- → vista ✧ PE17/191

Cognates

• ᴺS. gwista- “to change, alter, vary”

Derivations

• √WIS “change, alter(nate), shift” ✧ PE17/189; PE17/191

Element in

• ᴺQ. alavistaima “unchangeable”
• ᴺQ. alavistima “unchangeable”
• ᴺQ. telpevistando “money-changer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√WIS > vista-	[wista-] > [βista-] > [vista-]	✧ PE17/189
√WIS > vista	[wista-] > [βista-] > [vista-]	✧ PE17/191

Variations

• vista ✧ PE17/191
• wista- ✧ PE17/191 (wista-)

virya-

change, alter(nate)

virya- (2) vb. "change, alter(nate)" (intransitive), pa.t. virnë/virinyë, cf. transitive vista-, q.v. (PE17:189, 191)

valwistë

noun. change of mind

Variations

• walwiste ✧ PE17/189

wistë

noun. change

Element in

• Q. inwis “change of mind/mood”

walwistë

change of mind

walwistë noun "change of mind" (PE17:189)

walwistë

noun. change of mind

ahya-

change

#ahya- vb. "change" (intransitive), only attested in the past tense: ahyanë (PM:395)

inwis

change of mind, mood

inwis noun "change of mind, mood". A following, bracketed form inwissi is either the plural, the ancestral form or a variant (PE17:191; cf. inwisti). Likely, inwis is to have the stem inwiss- before endings (alternatively inwist-, see inwisti below, and compare the verb vista- "to change").

wirnë

change

wirnë noun? "change" (PE17:191)

wirnë

noun. change

@@@ Despite its gloss, wirnë might be the archaic strong past tense of virya-: it is almost identical to the strong past tense form on PE17/189. For a noun form, vistë may be preferable.

Derivations

• √WIS “change, alter(nate), shift” ✧ PE17/191

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√WIS > wirne	[gwirne] > [ɣwirne] > [wirne]	✧ PE17/191

Variations

• wirne ✧ PE17/191

vistë Reconstructed

noun. change

This word is unattested, but there is indirect evidence for it as an element of walwistë “change of mind” (PE17/189). This word likely contains the archaic form †wistë from before the change of w- to v-. Its modern form would be ✱vistë. If you accept inwist- as the stem form of inwis “change of mind”, it likely contains †wistë as well.

There is another attested word wirne with the gloss “change” (PE17/191), but I think it is likelier to be the archaic form of the strong-past tense of the verb virya- instead of a noun.

Cognates

• ᴺS. gwist “change”

Derivations

• √WIS “change, alter(nate), shift” ✧ PE17/189

Element in

• Q. valwistë “change of mind” ✧ PE17/189
• ᴺQ. vilwis(të) “weather, (lit.) turn of air”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√WIS > wiste	[wiste] > [βiste] > [viste]	✧ PE17/189

Variations

• wiste ✧ PE17/189 (wiste)