Reconstruction:Tocharian B/käryā-
Appearance
Tocharian B
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tocharian *käryā- (whence also Tocharian A kri (“will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kṛd(i)yeh₂-, from *ḱḗr. Cognate with English heart, Old Irish cride, Latin cor, and Lithuanian širdis.
Only attested in the plural, käryāñ.
Noun
[edit]*käryā- ?
Usage notes
[edit]The usual Tocharian B word for heart is arañce; *käryā- appears to be an archaism attested in only one passage.
Further reading
[edit]- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käryāñ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 175