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