kwarsär

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kwärsär, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-; cognate to Tocharian A kursär.[1]

Noun

kwarsär n (plural kwärsarwa)

  1. course; path
  2. yojana (ancient unit of measure for distance; often translated as league)

References
  1. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kwarsär”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 253
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