Where does “سفید” come from?

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

سفید (Persian): white; fair; pale

Definitions

  1. white; fair; pale

Ancestry of “سفید”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسپیدwhite; fair; pale
2Middle Persianspyt'white
3Proto-Iranian*cwaytáhwhite
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwaytáswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytóswhite; bright; shine

Words derived from “سفید”

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