Reconstruction:Alanic/gænæ

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

Etymology

From earlier *kænæ with unexpected voicing, from earlier *kænvæ, from Proto-Sarmatian *kanfā, from Proto-Scythian *kanafā.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Noun

*gænæ f

hemp

Alternative reconstructions

*kænæ

Related terms

*kættag (< Proto-Sarmatian *kanatāg)
- Ossetian: кӕттаг (kættag, “coarse linen”)

Descendants

Ossetian:
Digor Ossetian: гӕнӕ (gænæ)

Iron Ossetian: гӕн (gæn)
- →? Svan: ქან (kan, “hemp”)^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 62
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) “*kanab/p-, *kan/mp-, *kan/mp-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 218–220
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “kaṃha-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 51-52

[Thordarson-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 62

[2] Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) “*kanab/p-, *kan/mp-, *kan/mp-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 218–220

[3] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “kaṃha-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 51-52

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