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Tocharian B
Etymology
From an unattested singular form *käryā-, from Proto-Tocharian *käryā- (whence also Tocharian A kri (“will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kṛd(i)yeh₂-, from *ḱḗr. Cognate with English heart, Old Irish cride, Latin cor, and Lithuanian širdis.
Noun
käryāñ pl
- hearts
Usage notes
The usual Tocharian B word for heart is arañce; *käryā- appears to be an archaism attested in only one passage.
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käryāñ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 175