Where does “guptás” come from?

guptás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian guptás, from Proto-Indo-European gup-tó-s, from Proto-Indo-European gewp- — to cover.

Ancestry of “guptás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianguptás—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangup-tó-s—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangewp-to cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gup-tó-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian guptás →