intsau

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, fire”), which would make it cognate with Latin aethēr (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit एध (edha, “fuel”) and Old English āl (“fire”).

Noun

intsau ?

1. block of wood

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “intsau”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 70