Etymology of "slon"

[Wayles Browne]

>Vasmer derives this word from Turkic _a(r)slan_ 'lion'. Hasan Eren,
>in his 1999 Turkish etymological dictionary, notes under the entry
>for "a(r)slan" that this etymology is held as untenable in "Ivanov
>(Etimologija 1975, 157)" - but my problem is that Eren's bibliography
>does not contain anything corresponding to this reference. Would any
>of my fellow SEELANGers have any idea as to what this could be? It
>does not seem to be a book (unlisted in melvyl.ucop.edu), and I have
>already checked what came to my mind first: V. V. Ivanov and
>_Slavjanskoe i balkanskoe jazykoznanie_ - he has an article in the
>1975 volume, but that is not it.
>--

Dear Kjetil,
It's an article by V.V.Ivanov, "Nazvanija slona v jazykax Evrazii, 1-3",
pp. 148-161 in the 1975 volume [published in 1977] of:

Title:  Etimologiia.
Published:      Moskva, Nauka.
Description:    v. 22 cm.
1963-

Subjects:       Slavic languages--Etymology--Periodicals.
Language and languages--Etymology--Periodicals.
Other Names:    Institut russkogo iazyka (Akademiia nauk SSSR)
Notes:  Issues for 1963-19<67> have various subtitles.
Issued by Instytut Russkogo IAzyka of Akademiia Nauk SSSR.
ISSN:   0425-4635
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Location:       Olin Library
Call Number:    PG2571 .A315
Status: Not Charged
Volumes :       1963-1968,1970-1997/1999

If you haven't got it in Oslo, I'll be happy to send you a Xerox copy.
--

Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu

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