Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cwiθráh

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This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás.

Noun

*cwiθráh m[1]

  1. white, shining

Descendants

  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: سپېره (sperä, light-gray)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
  • Southwestern Iranian:

References

  1. ^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation), Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 13:*śu̯itra-