lyak

See also: lyäk-

Tocharian B

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *légʰs, root noun from *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”); Adams assumes an intermediate meaning “one who lies in wait”.

Noun

lyak

  1. thief

Derived terms
  • lykuññe (“~ pertaining to a thief”)

References
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “lyak”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 613
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