Reconstruction:Alanic/idawæg

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

Suggested to be from Proto-Sarmatian *idāwag, from Proto-Scythian *witāwaki, from Proto-Iranian *witā́wakah, from *wi- +‎ *tā́wHā (“lord, deity”) +‎ *-akah.[1] Related to χουτζαυ (khoutzau /⁠⁠*xuččaw⁠/, “god”).

Noun

*idawæg m

  1. deity, divinity

Descendants

  • Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: идауӕг (idawæg)
    Iron Ossetian: дауӕг (dawæg)
  • → Dargwa: идабаг (idabag)
  • → Lak: идавс (idaws)
  • → Old Komi: 𐍙̈𐍓𐍩𐍒 (idog).
  • → Tsakhur: идааг (idaag), идаваг (idavag)

References

  1. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 348-349
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