truṅk

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Tocharian A

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Etymology

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From Old Chinese 盅 (OC *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ, “empty, hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian A troṅk.[1]

Noun

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truṅk m

  1. cave, hollow

References

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  1. ^
    2003, Alexander Lubotsky, Sergey Starostin, “Turkic and Chinese loan words in Tocharian”, in Bauer, Brigitte L.M., Pinault, Georges-Jean, editors, Language in Time and Space: A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, pages 257-269:
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