iścake

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• iṣcake

Etymology

Unknown and disputed. Possibly related to Sanskrit इष्टिका (iṣṭikā, “brick, tile”), making it borrowed from an Indo-Iranian source. Compare iścem, of a similar meaning.

Noun

iścake ?

1. a kind of soil

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “iścake”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 72