iścem
Tocharian B
editEtymology
editBorrowed from an Indo-Iranian source, ultimately either from the Bactria-Margiana substrate or Proto-Indo-European *is- (“clay, dough”). Compare Sanskrit इष्टका (iṣṭakā) and Persian خشت, both meaning "brick". Possibly related to iścake (“dirt, earth”), if that term is also a borrowing from Indo-Iranian.
Noun
editiścem ?
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “iścem”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 72-73