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Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *kät- (whence also Tocharian B kät-), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, scatter”). Cognate with English scatter, Lithuanian kedėti (“to burst”), and many other words in the IE family.
Verb
kät-
- to strew, scatter, sow (seeds)
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *kät- (whence also Tocharian A kät-), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, scatter”). Cognate with English scatter, Lithuanian kedėti (“to burst”), and many other words in the IE family.
Verb
kät-
- to strew, scatter, sow (seeds)
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kät-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 166-167