Reconstruction:Proto-Tocharian/āläi
Appearance
Proto-Tocharian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“elbow”) or from *h₂ewlos (“hollow”). In the former case, cognate with English elbow and Latin ulna, in the latter case cognate with Latin alvus.
Noun
[edit]*āläi
- palm of the hand
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 29-30