Reconstruction:Old Ossetic/cirǧ

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Reconstruction:Old Ossetic/cirǧ

This Old Ossetic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Ossetic *ćiǧrɨ́, from Proto-Scythian *tiǧrí.

Adjective

*cirǧ

1. bitter

Descendants

• Ossetian:

  Digor: циргъ (cirǧ)

  Iron: цыргъ (cyrǧ)

Noun

*cirǧ[1]

1. garlic

Descendants

• → Dargwa: ссурге (ssurge)[1]
• → Lezgi: серг (serg)[1]

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) , “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editor, Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples‎, Oxford University Press, DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197262856.003.0009, pages 195-196, 198-199