iścake

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown and disputed. Possibly related to Sanskrit इष्टिका (iṣṭikā, “brick, tile”), making it borrowed from an Indo-Iranian source. Compare iścem, of a similar meaning.

Noun

iścake ?

  1. a kind of soil

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “iścake”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 72
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