Where does “سپید” come from?

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

سپید (Persian): white; fair; pale

Definitions

  1. white; fair; pale

Ancestry of “سپید”, step by step

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

Words derived from “سپید”

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