Where does “سفیدپوست” come from?

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

سفیدپوست (Persian): white; white-skinned; caucasian; white person,...

Definitions

  1. white; white-skinned; caucasian; white person,...

Ancestry of “سفیدپوست”, step by step

سفیدپوست traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian سفید

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسفیدwhite; fair; pale
2Persianسپیدwhite; fair; pale
3Middle Persianspyt'white
4Proto-Iranian*cwaytáhwhite
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwaytáswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytóswhite; bright; shine

via Persian پوست

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپوستskin; flesh; shell
2Middle Persianpwst'—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh →