Этимология германо-скандинавского мифонима асы (Æsir)

Abstract

The material is devoted to the consideration of the etymology of the Germanic-Scandinavian mythonym Aesir (Æsir), denoting a group of gods in the Nordic tradition. It is traced back to the PIE root, which was widely used in the Anatolian languages of Asia Minor to denote the idea of blood relationship and political dominance of a military leader, but was not characteristic of the broad linguistic practice of the Germanic peoples. This may indicate that Æsir ~ Anses originally represented a group of allochthones of Asia Minor origin, subsequently sacralized by the autochthonous Germanic tradition.