Proto-IE: *wes-
Meaning: to eat
Hittite: wesi- c. 'Weide, Viehweide', wesija- (wisija-) 'weiden', westara- c. 'Hirt' (Friedrich 253)
Tokharian: A wäsri 'grassy field, lawn', ? B wasso 'kuśa-grass' (Adams 585)
Old Indian: {anuvāvase `hat aufgezehrt', vástoḥ `vor dem Fressen'}
Avestan: vāstra- `Fresse, Maul'
Latin: vescor, vescī (~ -ē-) `sich nähren; geniessen'
Celtic: *wewos-: MIr do-feotar `sie assen'; feis `Essen', Cymr gwēst `Schmaus'
Russ. meaning: жрать
