Reconstruction:Alanic/xonx

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 This Alanic 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.

Alanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from earlier *fonx with back-assimilation, from Proto-Sarmatian *fōnx, from Proto-Scythian *fānxu, from Proto-Iranian *fankuš of unknown origin, compare Younger Avestan 𐬟𐬃𐬥𐬐𐬎 (fā̊nku, “summit, top”).[1][2] Alternatively borrowed from Classical Persian کوهان (kōhān), from Proto-Iranian *káwfaHnah, from *káwfš.

Noun

*xonx

  1. mountain

Descendants

  • Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: хонх (xonx)
    Iron Ossetian: хох (xox)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 48
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 211
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