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> From: "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
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> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:58 PM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Magyar uveg
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> >Does anyone know the etymology of magyar ÜVEG 'bottle' ?
> >Thanks,
> > Marius
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> It seems Hungarian sources relate it to Alanic words.
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> Arnaud
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Thanks Arnaud.
Osset. arg "price" - Hung. ár "price", alku "trade";
Osset. avg "glass" - Hung. üveg "glass";
Osset. ävzist "silver" - Hung. ezüst "silver";
Osset. bud "smell" - Hung. büz "stench";
Osset. käsag "fish" - Hung. keszeg "bream";
Osset. marg "poison" - Hung. mereg "poison";
Osset. nymät "felt" - Hung. nemez "felt";
Osset. qád "tree" - Hung. gaz "forest";
Osset. sak'adax "a sleeve of the river " - Hung. szakdék "gorge";
Osset. säfyn "to clean" - Hung. seper "to sweep";
Osset. säv "wide" - Hung. sáv "strip", etc.
Seems that the correspondances are indicated by Abaev in the Ossetic
Etymological Dictionary.
Does somebody knows the etymology of Ossetic avg?
Thanks,
Marius