Where does “spaṣṭás” come from?

spaṣṭás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian spaštás, from Proto-Indo-European spₔḱ-tós, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

Ancestry of “spaṣṭás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianspaštás—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspₔḱ-tós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spaṣṭás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spₔḱ-tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian spaštás →