фатхъӕд
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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