фатхъӕд
Ossetian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From фат (fat, “arrow”) + хъӕд (qæd, “wood”), because the tree was used in making arrows. Compare Chechen пха (pxa, “hornbeam; arrow”).
Noun edit
Further reading edit
- 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, page 425