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. 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)

        • Persian: سپهر (sepehr)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: *siçah
    • → Sanskrit: सीस (sī́sa, “lead”)