Reconstruction:Proto-Scythian/rōpāsi

This Proto-Scythian 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-Scythian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh (“fox”).

Noun

*rōpāsi

  1. fox

Descendants

  • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *rōbāsi
    • Proto-Saka: *rōwāsi
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (rrūvāsa), [script needed] (rrivāsa)
  • Proto-Sarmatian: *rōβās
    • Alanic: *roβas
      • 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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