āke
Tocharian B edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tocharian *āke, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-os, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with English edge, Ancient Greek ἀκή (akḗ, “point”), and Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn”).
Noun edit
āke m sg
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Attested as the plural accusative ākeṃ.
Noun edit
āke
- The meaning of this term is uncertain.
Further reading edit
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āke”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 39