хуымӕллӕг

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• хумӕллӕг (xumællæg) — Digor

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Iranian *hawHma-arya-kah (“haoma of the Aryans”) by Abaev.

Some other sources place the ultimate origin of the word (found across a vast stretch of Eurasia) to Germanic or Turkic, see Old Norse humli and Proto-Turkic *kumlak respectively.

Noun

хуымӕллӕг • (x°ymællæg)

1. (Iron) hop (plant)