Reconstruction:Alanic/Allōn

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This Alanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Alanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sarmatian *Allān.

Proper noun

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*Allōn[1]

  1. (land) of the Aryans or Iranians, Eran

Descendants

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  • Ossetian: аллон (allon, a legendary ancient people)[2][3]
  • Aghwan: 𐔰𐕅𐔴 (al'e, elder)
  • Mingrelian: ალანი (alani, Karachay; daring fellow, hero)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*ari̭a- , *āri̭a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 222-224
  2. 2.0 2.1 Abajev, V. I. (1958) “allon”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 47–48
  3. ^ Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, pages 60, 62