akwam

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”); that is, the sharp point of a sprout piercing the ground. Cognate with Latin acus (“sharp”).

Noun

akwam ?

1. sprout

Derived terms

• akwam-pere

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “akwam”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 4