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)

1. (Digor) cattle
2. (Digor) property; goods; wealth
3. (Digor) booty, spoil

Descendants

• → Chechen: хӏонц (honc)
• → Ingush: фос (fos)

References

• Takazov, F. M. (2003) “фонс”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
• 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, pages 478–479