фонс
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- фос (fos) (Iron)
Etymology
- Abaev reconstructs the earlier form as *pans and compares it with Avar панз (panz, “cattle”). In view of the absence of a secure Iranian etymology, he claims borrowing from Avar.
- It is also possible to borrow from Proto-Tsezian *pɔsu (“cattle”), if do not to accept into account external data, due to the Northeast Caucasian family. And if to accept these external data, then from Proto-Tsezian *pɔ̃su (“cattle”).
Noun
фонс • (fons)
- (Digor) cattle
- (Digor) property; goods; wealth
- (Digor) booty, spoil
Descendants
- → Chechen: хӏонц (honc)
- → Ingush: фос (fos)
References
- Таказов, Ф. М. (2003), “фонс”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
- Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 478–479