oṃṣ

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *onṣä (whence also Tocharian A eṣ (“on top of”)), from Proto-Indo-European *énu (“along, after, above”). Cognate with Sanskrit अनु (anu, “after, along”), etc.

Preposition

oṃṣ

1. above

Derived terms

• oṃṣap (“more than”)
• oṃṣmeṃ (“from above”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “oṃṣmeṃ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 114