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Tocharian B
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from *amäkṣa (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ém-h₂ḱs-ih₂ ~ *h₂m̥-h₂ḱs-yéh₂, from *h₂em- (“to hold on to”) + *h₂eḱs- (“axle”) + *-ih₂, + *päntā (“master”, literally “he of the way”), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s ~ *pn̥th₁és (“way”). Compare kokalpänta (“wagonmaster”), from kokale (“cart, wagon”) + *päntā.
Alternatively borrowed from Iranian, compare Khotanese (maśpa, “road, way”), possibly from Proto-Iranian *amaxšyapādah, from *amaxšyah, of unknown meaning and origin, + *pántaHh ~ *paθáh (“path”).
Noun
amäkṣpänte m
- wagonmaster
- Synonym: kokalpänta
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “amäkṣpänte”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 248