Erkätsole

Tocharian B

Etymology

Possibly from erk (“testicle”), with the semantic development of testicle > something like "stallion" > male name, akin to Old English Hengest.

Proper noun

Erkätsole m

  1. a male given name

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Erkätsole”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 101
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