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”)

References

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

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

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