āśce

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), which semantically shifted into an ear of grain, or from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”).

Noun

āśce f

1. (anatomy) head

Derived terms

• aścaṣṣe
• aśca-sanāpalle

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āśce”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 61-62