Where does “ӕрдӕг” come from?

ӕрдӕг (Ossetian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European h₁érdʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

ӕрдӕг (Ossetian): one half

Definitions

  1. one half

Ancestry of “ӕрдӕг”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHárdʰasdivision, half
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁érdʰ-o-s—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁érdʰ-o-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hárdʰas →