-wäte

Tocharian B

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”), the same source as wi.

Suffix

-wäte

  1. added onto words to show twoness or duality

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “īwate”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 71
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