Reconstruction:Proto-Sarmatian/Asφaurūk

This Proto-Sarmatian 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-Sarmatian

Etymology

From *asφa (horse) + possibly *rūxs ~ *ruk (light).[1] Similar formation found in Ancient Greek Λεύκιππος (Leúkippos, literally white horse).

Proper noun

*Asφaurūk

  1. a male given name, Asparuk

Descendants

  • Alanic: *Æsφuruk, *Æsfōrug, *Æsφӕruk[1]
    • Bulgar: *Äspärüq (Asparukh, name of a Bulgar khan of the 7th century AD)
      • Byzantine Greek: Ἀσπαρούχ (Asparoúkh)
        • Bulgarian: Аспарух (Asparuh)
        • English: Asparuk
      • Old Armenian: Ասպար-հրուկ (Aspar-hruk)
      • Old Church Slavonic: Испоръ (Isporŭ)
    • Byzantine Greek: Ἀσφώρουγος (Asphṓrougos) (personal name from Olbia)
    • Old Armenian: Ասպուրակ (Aspurak), Ասպուրակէս (Aspurakēs) (possibly via metathesis[1][2])
  • Old Georgian:
    • Koine Greek: Ἀσπαυρούκις (Aspauroúkis) (name of a pitiakhsh in Iberia (Georgia) in the 2nd century AD)

Further reading

  • Lang D. M. (1987) “Asparukh”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 6 September 2015
  • Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 468
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “Аспарух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 18

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 157, 177
  2. ^ Nalbandjan, G. M. (1977) “Армянские личные имена скифо-алано-осетинского происхождения [Armenian Personal Names of Scytho-Alano-Ossetian Origin]”, in N. Ja. Gabarajev, editor, Вопросы иранской и общей филологии (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 208