- ἄστυ
- ἄστυ, -εοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `town' (Il.).Dialectal forms: Myc. watu \/wastu\/, watuoko \/wastuokhos\/, cf. Arc. ἀστυόχος. Att. -εωςDerivatives: ἀστικός `of a town' (A.) - ἀστεῖος id. and `fine, polite' (Arist.). Curious ἄστυρον `(small) town' (Call.). ἀστός m. `citizen' (Il.) \< *ἀστϜ-ός, cf. Thess. ϜαστϜός.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1170] *u(e)h₂stu `town'Etymology: ἄστυ \< Ϝάστυ (Boeot. Ϝάστιος gen., Arc. Ϝασστυ-όχω (gen.), Thess. ϜαστϜός) resembles Skt. vā́stu n. `dwelling place' (younger vastu n. `place, thing'), Messap. vastei (dat., Krahe Glotta 17, 100) and Toch. A waṣt, B ost `house'. They require *ueh₂stu, with ἀστυ \< *uh₂stu (Beekes IF 93 (1988)24). Not to Skt. vásati `dwell, live', s. ἄεσα (aor.).Page in Frisk: 1,173-174
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.