Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ćwaytás

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós.

Adjective

*ćwaytás

white
bright

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śwaytás
- Sanskrit: श्वेत (śvetá)
  - Bengali: শ্বেত (śśet)
  - Dardic:
    - Khowar: اِشپیرو (išpéru)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀅 (sea)
  - Pali: seta
    - → Old Javanese: sita
      - Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠ (séta)
  - → Gujarati: શ્વેત (śvet)
  - → Hindi: श्वेत (śvet), स्वेत (svet)
  - → Kannada: ಶ್ವೇತ (śvēta)
  - → Malayalam: ശ്വേതം (śvētaṁ)
  - → Old Javanese: śweta
  - → Punjabi: ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā), ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā)
  - → Tamil: சுவேதம் (cuvētam)
  - → Telugu: శ్వేతము (śvētamu)
  - → Thai: เศวต (swèet)
Proto-Iranian: *cwaytáh (see there for further descendants)

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