фатхъӕд

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• фатгъӕдӕ (fatǧædæ) — Digor

Etymology

From фат (fat, “arrow”) +‎ хъӕд (qæd, “wood”), because the tree was used in making arrows. Compare Chechen пха (pxa, “hornbeam; arrow”).

Noun

фатхъӕд • (fatqæd) (Iron)

1. hornbeam

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 425