Reconstruction:Alanic/gænæ

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

Noun

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*gænæ f

  1. hemp

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *kænæ
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  • *kættag (< Proto-Sarmatian *kanatāg)
    • Ossetian: кӕттаг (kættag, coarse linen)

Descendants

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References

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  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