The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
wes-2
DEFINITION:
To clothe. Extension of eu-1. 1. Suffixed o-grade (causative) form *wos-eyo-.wear, from Old English werian, to wear, carry, from Germanic *wazjan.2. Suffixed form *wes-ti-.vest; devest, invest, revet, travesty, from Latin vestis, garment. 3. Suffixed form *wes-nu-.himation, from Greek hennunai, to clothe, with nominal derivative heima,hma (< *wes-m), garment. (Pokorny 5. es- 1172.)
ma (< *wes-m
), garment. (Pokorny 5. 
es- 1172.) 
