Reconstruction:Alanic/roβas

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

From Proto-Sarmatian *rōβās, from Proto-Scythian *rōpāsi.

Noun

*roβas m

  1. fox

Descendants

  • Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: робас (robas)
    Iron Ossetian: рувас (ruvas)
  • → Old Hungarian: ruoz, ruvoz (< earlier Proto-Hungarian *ropas[1])
    • Hungarian: ravasz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Palmér, Axel; Jakob, Anthony; Thorsø, Rasmus; Paulus, van Sluis; Swanenvleugel, Cid; Kroonen, Guus (2021), “Proto-Indo-European ‘fox’ and the reconstruction of an athematic ḱ-stem”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎[1], volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 234–263
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