Where does “Ossetian” come from?

Ossetian (English) comes from English Ossetia, from Russian Осе́тия, from Georgian ოსეთი, from Georgian ოსი, from Old Georgian ოვსი — Ossetian.

Ossetian (English): Of, or pertaining to Ossetia or Ossetians; A...

Definitions

  1. Of, or pertaining to Ossetia or Ossetians; A...

Ancestry of “Ossetian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOssetiaThe northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia
2RussianОсе́тия—
3GeorgianოსეთიOssetia
4GeorgianოსიOssetian
5Old GeorgianოვსიOssetian
Every word from Old Georgian ოვსი →Every word from Georgian ოსი →Every word from Georgian ოსეთი →