ammakki

Tocharian B

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European nursery word *amma (“mother”). Compare Old Norse amma and Latin amita.

Noun

ammakki f

1. mother

   Synonym: mācer

   Coordinate terms: āppo, pācer (“father”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ammakki”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 22