Reconstruction:Proto-Sarmatian/Asφaurūk

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 *asφa (“horse”) + possibly *rūxs ~ *ruk (“light”). Similar formation found in Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos, literally “white horse”).

Proper noun

*Asφaurūk

1. a male given name, Asparuk

Descendants

• Alanic: *Æsφuruk, *Æsfōrug, *Æsφӕruk
  • → Bulgar: *Äspärüq (Asparukh, name of a Bulgar khan of the 7th century AD)
    • → Byzantine Greek: Ἀσπαρούχ (Asparoúkh)
      • → Bulgarian: Аспарух (Asparuh)
      • → English: Asparuk
    • → 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)
• → Old Georgian:
  • → Koine Greek: Ἀσπαυρούκις (Aspauroúkis) (name of a pitiakhsh in Iberia (Georgia) in the 2nd century AD)

Further reading

• 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