Reconstruction:Proto-Ossetic/Allānʉ

This Proto-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.

Proto-Ossetic

Etymology

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

Proper noun

*Allānʉ

(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”)
- → Bats: ა̄ლე̆ (ālĕ, “lord”)[3]
- → Chechen: э̄ла (ēla, “prince”)[3]
- → Ingush: аьла (äla, “prince, chieftain”)[1][3]
- → Mingrelian: ალანი (alani, “Karachay; daring fellow, hero”)[1]
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀλᾱνοί (Alānoí)
- → Latin: Alānus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: ալանք (alankʿ)

References

Abajev, V. I. (1958) , “allon”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 47–48
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, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/3217844, pages 60, 62
Thordarson, Fridrik (posth.) (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 26

[Abaev-1] Abajev, V. I. (1958) , “allon”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, 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, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/3217844, pages 60, 62

[Thordarson-3] Thordarson, Fridrik (posth.) (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 26