Where does “سپين ږيری” come from?

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

سپين ږيری (Pashto): elder; white bearded man

Definitions

  1. elder; white bearded man

Ancestry of “سپين ږيری”, step by step

سپين ږيری traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pashto سپين

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoسپينwhite
2Proto-Iranian*cwaytáhwhite
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwaytáswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytóswhite; bright; shine

via Pashto ږيره

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoږيرهbeard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh →