Where does “اسپیت” come from?

اسپیت (Baluchi) comes from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós — white; bright; shine.

اسپیت (Baluchi): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “اسپیت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*cwaytáhwhite
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwaytáswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytóswhite; bright; shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh →