Reconstruction:Old Ossetic/sag

This Old Ossetic 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.

Old Ossetic

Etymology

From Proto-Ossetic *sāgɨ, from Proto-Scythian *ṣāki, from Proto-Iranian *šākah (“something forked, having branches”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Cognate with Khotanese [script needed] (śśājsano, “fork”), Sogdian 𐫢𐫀𐫄𐫍 (šʾɣh /⁠šāx⁠/, “branch”), and perhaps further to Lithuanian šakės (“forks”), if not an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

*sag

deer

Descendants

Ossetian:
Digor Ossetian: саг (sag)

Iron Ossetian: саг (sag)
→ Proto-Nakh: *sag

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 222
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “śśājsano”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 396
^ Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) “sag”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 12: “Восходит к иран. *sākā- ― Vosxodit k iran. *sākā-”

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 222

[2] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “śśājsano”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 396

[3] Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) “sag”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 12: “Восходит к иран. *sākā- ― Vosxodit k iran. *sākā-”

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