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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/cwiθráh

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:
    • Old Median: *spiθrah (“heaven”) (nominalization)
      • → Old Persian: *spiθrah
        • Middle Persian: (/⁠spihr⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫏𐫡 (ʿspyr)
          Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (spyhl), [script needed] (spyyhl)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *siçah
      • → Sanskrit: सीस (sī́sa, “lead”)

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