onuwaññe

Tocharian B

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nuh₂-eh₂, verbal stem of *neh₂w- (“to die, lack”), the same source as naut- (“to die”). Cognate with Tocharian A nwām (“sick”), Welsh newyn (“hunger”), Old Irish núna (“famine”), etc.

Adjective

onuwaññe

1. immortal, eternal

   Synonym: oṅkrotte (“immortal”)

Noun

onuwaññe ?

1. immortality

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “onuwaññe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 120-121