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

1. white
2. 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) — colloquial
    • → 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)