Reconstruction:Proto-Ossetic/aspa

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 *aśwā f, *aświ m, from Proto-Iranian *Hácwah m (“horse”).

Noun

*aspa f

1. horse

Derived terms

• *Aspagūrɨ (perhaps + *gūrɨ (“terrifying; noble”))
  • → Old Georgian: ასფაგურ (aspagur) (Aspagur, name of a king of Iberia (Georgia) of the 3rd century AD)
    • → Latin: Aspacures
• *Aspaurūkɨ

Descendants

• Old Ossetic: *ӕspӕ, *ӕfsӕ
  • Ossetian:

    Digor Ossetian: ӕфсӕ (æfsæ)

    Iron Ossetian: ефс (efs)