käsk-

See also: kask

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *käsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-sḱé, a form of *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”). Cognate with English bane, Sanskrit घन (ghana, “killer, destroyer”), Latin *fendo, and many other derivatives of this root.

Verb

käsk-

1. to scatter, disperse (violently)
2. to confuse

Derived terms

• käskalläññe
• käskor (“chatter, gossip”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käsk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 189