aurtstsea

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• wartstse

Etymology

Sometimes connected to Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha, “large, big”) and Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (varədaⁱti, “make larger”), an Indo-Iranian development. Also sometimes thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wérus, whence Sanskrit उरु (uru), Ancient Greek εὐρῠ́ς (eurús).

Adjective

aurtstsea

1. wide

Further reading

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