Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćwitrás
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s, from *ḱweyt- (“to shine”) + *-rós.
Adjective
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *świtrás
- Sanskrit: श्वित्र (śvitrá, “white”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *cwiθráh (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Nuristani:
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*k̑uei-t-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 629: “*k̑uei-t₍ₔ₎ro-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “śvitrá-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 495: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: ćuitra-; IE form: ḱuit-ro-”
- ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Indo-Iranian, page 1953: “*ću̯itrá-”