Reconstruction:Proto-Tocharian/wəkʷsó

This Proto-Tocharian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tocharian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *úks-ō, from *uksḗn (“ox, bull”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Noun

*wəkʷsó

draft-ox

Descendants

Tocharian A: opsi (nom.pl.)
Tocharian B: okso
→? Proto-Turkic: *öküŕ (“ox, bull”)^[4] (see there for further descendants)
→? Proto-Uralic: *uškɜ (“ox, bull”)^[5] (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kim, Ronald (1999b) “The development of labiovelars in Tocharian: A closer look”, in Tocharian and Indo-European Studies‎^[1], volume 8, Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, page 164
^ Ringe, D. A., Jr. (1988–1990) “Evidence for the position of Tocharian in the Indo-European family?”, in Die Sprache, volume 34, Vienna: Universität Wien, page 82
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2017–2018) “Chapter XII: Tocharian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Tocharian, page 1368
^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “öküz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120
^ Rédei, Károly (1988) “Die syrjänische Sprache”, in Sinor, Denis, editor, The Uralic languages: description, history and foreign influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 661: “*uškɜ”

[Ronald-1] Kim, Ronald (1999b) “The development of labiovelars in Tocharian: A closer look”, in Tocharian and Indo-European Studies‎^[1], volume 8, Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, page 164

[Ringe-2] Ringe, D. A., Jr. (1988–1990) “Evidence for the position of Tocharian in the Indo-European family?”, in Die Sprache, volume 34, Vienna: Universität Wien, page 82

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2017–2018) “Chapter XII: Tocharian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Tocharian, page 1368

[4] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “öküz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120

[5] Rédei, Károly (1988) “Die syrjänische Sprache”, in Sinor, Denis, editor, The Uralic languages: description, history and foreign influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 661: “*uškɜ”

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