The Beast was Re: [tied] Re: Scientist's etymology vs. scientific et

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>
> > piztia is from Latin bestia, which is from ???
> >
>
> If from any IE language it would be from
> *gWHexYr(o)+ (traditional
> *gWHe:r 'wild beast').
>

So, how do we get there?
I can see Latin fer- and Greek ther- coming out of
*gWHe:r-
What happened to the /r/?
Where does the ending -st- come from?
Can you explain at an easy level w/o abbreviations?