Where does “*ciθrah” come from?

*ciθrah (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s.

*ciθrah (Old Persian): form, appearance

Definitions

  1. form, appearance

Ancestry of “*ciθrah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*čiθráhvisible
2Proto-Indo-Iraniančitrásbright, clear, shining
3Proto-Indo-European*kit-ró-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh →