Where does “*čiθrakah” come from?
*čiθrakah (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s.
Ancestry of “*čiθrakah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |