erkau

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *erkemän (whence also Tocharian A arkämnāṣi), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂org- (“to die, destroy”).

Noun

erkau ?

  1. cemetery, graveyard

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “erkau”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 101-102
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