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Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *oṅkrotte (whence also Tocharian A onkrac), a privative form of the source of kwär- (“to age, grow old”) itself of further uncertain origin.
Adjective
oṅkrotte
- immortal, lit. unaging
- Synonym: onuwaññe (“immortal, eternal”)
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “oṅkrotte”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 119