Where does “spyt'” come from?

spyt' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós — white; bright; shine.

spyt' (Middle Persian): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “spyt'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*cwaytáhwhite
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwaytáswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytóswhite; bright; shine

Words derived from “spyt'”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh →