Reconstruction:Tocharian B/stāyä

This Tocharian B entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Tocharian B

Reconstruction

Only attested in enestai (“in secret”).

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y-o-, from *(s)teh₂y- (“to steal”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्तायु (stāyu, “thief”), Old Irish táid (“thief”), Proto-Slavic *tajiti (“to steal”), etc.

Adjective

*stāyä

1. secret

Derived terms

• enestai (“in secret, secretly”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “stāyä”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 90