Where does “सपेत” come from?
सपेत (Awadhi) comes from Persian سپید, from Middle Persian spyt', from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós — white; bright; shine.
सपेत (Awadhi): white
Ancestry of “सपेत”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | سپید | white; fair; pale |
| 2 | Middle Persian | spyt' | white |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *cwaytáh | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *ćwaytás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱweytós | white; bright; shine |