āks-
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *āks-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵ-s-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Cognate with Latin aiō. Compare Tocharian B āks-.
Tocharian B
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tocharian *āks-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵ-s-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Cognate with Latin aiō. Compare Tocharian A āks-.
Further reading
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āks-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 41
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to hear well”), or of the same derivation as the other meaning of this term, above.
Derived terms
Further reading
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āks-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 41-42