Reconstruction:Alanic/bæx

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.
This Alanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Alanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Nakh *baq̇i (“foal, colt”).

Noun

*bæx

  1. horse

Descendants

  • Jassic: bah
  • Ossetian: бӕх (bæx)
  • →? Old East Slavic: *бахъ (*baxŭ)
    • Russian: (dialectal) бах (bax, “jade, nag (old or worn-out horse)”)

References

  • 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 255–256
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