III. THE LANGUAGE OF THE SARMATIANS
3. The Sarmatian Dialects of the North Pontic Region
10.
A twofold development may be also observed in the case of the Old Iranian
group of phonemes *ha-: 1. ha-, 2. a-.
Old Iranian *ha- > ha-.
Panticapaeum:
~ Avestan hana- 'alt' (Vasmer, op. cit., 56).
Old Iranian *ha- > a-.
Additional Notes
To p. 93. Even though the interpretation of the name |
93
Tanais,
,
No. 4 (220 A. D.): ~ Avestan hazaηra-
'tausend' (Vasmer, op. cit., 30).
'Alanic
name of Theodosia' Anonym. Peripl. Ponti Eux. 77:
~ Avesta hapta 'sieben' (Vasmer, op. cit., 72).
,
Tanais,
,
No. 63 (236 and 220 A.D.): ~ Ossetian ävdäimag 'der siebente'
(Vasmer, op. cit., 32).
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