Reconstruction:Proto-Ossetic/Allānʉ

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This Proto-Ossetic 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-Ossetic

Etymology

From Proto-Scythian *Aryānu, from Proto-Iranian *ÁryānaHm.

Proper noun

*Allānʉ

  1. (land) of the Aryans or Iranians, Eran

Descendants

  • Old Ossetic: *Allōn
    • Ossetian: аллон (allon, a legendary ancient people)[1][2]
    • Aghwan: 𐔰𐕅𐔴 (al'e, elder)
    • Mingrelian: ალანი (alani, Karachay; daring fellow, hero)[1]
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀλᾱνοί (Alānoí)
    • Latin: Alānus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Armenian: ալանք (alankʻ)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Abajev, V. I. (1958) “allon”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 47–48
  2. ^ Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 123, number 1, →DOI, pages 60, 62