ṣpane

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ṣw’äp(ä)ne, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”), thematicized from *swóp-r̥ ~ *swép-n̥s, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Tocharian A ṣpäṃ.

Noun

ṣpane m

1. sleep

Related terms

• sänmetstse (“calm, tranquil, soothed”)

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣpane”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 730