Bentz Steppe

=Name= The name comes from Proto-Sumric *bortəżḅ itself from the Proto-Sumro-Naukl *baræthażæ, from *baræt- (“blade, weapon”) (cf Old Sumrë bant “blade) and *hażæ- (“border, edge, line, strip”) (cf Old Sumrë ar “outer wall”). The name was loaned into Old Mangeodge as Bentiz.