pkante

Tocharian B

Etymology

Cognate with Tocharian A pkänt (“separate”), from Proto-Tocharian *p(ä)känte, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰgónts ~ *bʰgn̥tés, active participle from the root *bʰeg- (“to break”).

Noun

pkante

1. obstacle, hindrance

Related terms

• epiṅkte (possibly)

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pkante*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 438–439