фатхъӕд

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Ossetian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From фат (fat, arrow) +‎ хъӕд (qæd, wood), because the tree was used in making arrows. Compare Chechen пха (pxa, hornbeam; arrow).

Noun

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фатхъӕд (fatqæd) (Iron)

  1. hornbeam

Further reading

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  • 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