ӕлутон
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- илӕтон (ilæton), ӕлотон (æloton) (Digor)
Etymology
According to Abaev, suffixed from *ӕлут (*ælut), borrowed from one of the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-, probably Germanic, more specifically Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍄 (*alut); compare Proto-Germanic *alu. The simplex *ӕлут (*ælut) is preserved in the Georgian borrowing ალუდი (aludi), ლუდი (ludi) and in the Scythian given name from Olbia Ἀλούταγος (Aloútagos), probably meaning “beer brewer”.
Noun
ӕлу́тон • (ælúton)
- (Iron, Digor) a kind of beer (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
- Абаев, В. И. (1958), “ælūton | ilæton, aluton”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 129
- Абаев, В. И. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 338–347
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “æлутон”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
- Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 56