aknātsa
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *āknātsā, from *e(n)- + a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *n̥-ǵneh₃-to-, *n̥-ǵneh₃-tih₂, from *ǵneh₃- (“know”), meaning something like "unknowing". Compare Sanskrit अज्ञात (ájñāta, “unknown”), Latin ignōtus (“unknown; ignorant”), Ancient Greek ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos, “unknown; ignorant”). Compare Tocharian A āknats.
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Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
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