āśce

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), which semantically shifted into an ear of grain, or from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”).

Noun

āśce f

  1. (anatomy) head

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āśce”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 61-62
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