Reconstruction:Proto-Sarmatian/Allān

This Proto-Sarmatian 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.

Proto-Sarmatian

Etymology

From Proto-Scythian *Aryānu, from Proto-Iranian *ÁryānaHm.

Proper noun

*Allān

(land) of the Aryans or Iranians, Eran

Descendants

Alanic: *Allōn
- Ossetian: аллон (allon, “a legendary ancient people”)^[1]^[2]
- → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕅𐔴 (al'e, “elder”)
- → Mingrelian: ალანი (alani, “Karachay; daring fellow, hero”)^[1]
→ Ancient Greek: Ἀλᾱνοί (Alānoí)
- → Latin: Alānus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: ալանք (alankʻ)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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
^ 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

[Abaev-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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

[2] 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

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