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Where does “ḱweytos” come from?

ḱweytos (Proto-Indo-European): bright; shine; shine; bright

Definitions

  1. bright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “ḱweytos”

  • white
  • White
  • wheat
  • whites
  • Whitehead
  • whitewashed
  • Wheatley
  • bismuth
  • nonwhite
  • whitewash
  • whiteboard
  • Svetlana
  • whiting
  • Whitsuntide
  • Whitsun
  • whitewashing
  • whitefish
  • whitefly
  • Whitehorse
  • Wheatland
  • whitely
  • whitetail
  • whitey
  • whitehaired