Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/spāda

This Proto-Scythian 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-Scythian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cwáHdaH.

Noun

*spāda m

army

Derived terms

Σπαδάκης (Spadákēs), Σπαδάγας (Spadágas), Σπάδακος (Spádakos)
Ἀμώσπαδος (Amṓspados)

Descendants

Ossetian: ӕфса́д (æfsád)[1]

References

Abajev, V. I. (1958), “^æfsad | æfsad”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 479

[1] Abajev, V. I. (1958), “^æfsad | æfsad”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 479