Reconstruction:Old Ossetic/xonx
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This Old 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. |
Old Ossetic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown; possibly from earlier *fonx with assimilation to the following sibilant, from Proto-Ossetic *fōnxʉ, 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[edit]
*xonx
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 211
Categories:
- Old Ossetic terms with unknown etymologies
- Old Ossetic terms inherited from Proto-Ossetic
- Old Ossetic terms derived from Proto-Ossetic
- Old Ossetic terms inherited from Proto-Scythian
- Old Ossetic terms derived from Proto-Scythian
- Old Ossetic terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Old Ossetic terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Old Ossetic terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Old Ossetic terms derived from Classical Persian
- Old Ossetic lemmas
- Old Ossetic nouns
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