Where does “*cwaytáh” come from?

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

*cwaytáh (Proto-Iranian): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “*cwaytáh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćwaytáswhite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytóswhite; bright; shine

Words derived from “*cwaytáh”

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