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Reconstruction:Proto-Ossetic/Allānʉ

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. 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
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