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Ossetian
Etymology
By metathesis from Proto-Iranian *udráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *udrás, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, of water”), from *wed- (“water, wet”). For other examples of such a metathesis see ӕрды́н (ærdýn) and ӕрду́ (ærdú).
Noun
урдӕ • (urdæ) (plural урдитӕ)
- (Digor) otter
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 120