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Lubotsky suggests that this word was certainly influenced by अस्थि(ásthi, “bone”), in part due to the rare cluster -ṣṭh-, possibly reflecting an earlier Rigvedic astcīvát.
Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 122, number 2, pages 318–324