käl-

See also: kal

Tocharian A

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Tocharian *käl- (whence Tocharian B käl-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn about”). Cognate with Latin colo (“to cultivate, inhabit”).

Verb

käl-

1. to endure, bear

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Tocharian *käl- (whence Tocharian A käl-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn about”). Cognate with Latin colo (“to cultivate, inhabit”), and klutk- (“to turn around”).

Verb

käl-

1. to endure, bear

Derived terms

• kälāṣṣuki (“one who remembers”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käl-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 179-181

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”).

Verb

käl-

1. to goad, to drive animals

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käl-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 181