Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Cognate to Tocharian A śiśäk (lion), which is likely influenced by śiśri (mane). If common ancestry with Chinese 獅子 (MC srij tsiX) is to be accepted, Proto-Tocharian *ṣīcäke may be tentatively reconstructed, from Proto-Indo-European *sih₂tekó- (maned one), which is related to Latin saeta (bristle).[1]

Noun

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ṣecake ?

  1. lion

References

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  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣecake”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 723