Reconstruction:Proto-Sarmatian/Asφaurūk
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *asφa (“horse”) + possibly *rūxs ~ *ruk (“light”).[1] Similar formation found in Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos, literally “white horse”).
Proper noun
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*Asφaurūk
- a male given name, Asparuk
Descendants
[edit]- Alanic: *Æsφuruk, *Æsfōrug, *Æsφӕruk[1]
- → Bulgar: *Äspärüq (Asparukh, name of a Bulgar khan of the 7th century AD)
- → Byzantine Greek: Ἀσπαρούχ (Asparoúkh)
- → Old Armenian: Ասպար-հրուկ (Aspar-hruk)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Испоръ (Isporŭ)
- → Byzantine Greek: Ἀσφώρουγος (Asphṓrougos) (personal name from Olbia)
- → Old Armenian: Ասպուրակ (Aspurak), Ասպուրակէս (Aspurakēs) (possibly via metathesis[1][2])
- → Bulgar: *Äspärüq (Asparukh, name of a Bulgar khan of the 7th century AD)
- → Old Georgian:
- → Koine Greek: Ἀσπαυρούκις (Aspauroúkis) (name of a pitiakhsh in Iberia (Georgia) in the 2nd century AD)
Further reading
[edit]- Lang D. M. (1987) “Asparukh”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2015-09-06
- Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 468
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “Аспарух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 18
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I][1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 157, 177
- ^ Nalbandjan, G. M. (1977) “Армянские личные имена скифо-алано-осетинского происхождения [Armenian Personal Names of Scytho-Alano-Ossetian Origin]”, in N. Ja. Gabarajev, editor, Вопросы иранской и общей филологии (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 208