käs-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kas"
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *käs- (whence Tocharian B käs-), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish, become extinguished”). Cognate with Lithuanian gesti, Sanskrit जासयति (jāsayati), and Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi).
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *käs- (whence Tocharian A käs-), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish, become extinguished”). Cognate with Lithuanian gesti, Sanskrit जासयति (jāsayati), and Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi).
- (transitive) to extinguish, quench
- (intransitive) to be extinguished, go out
Derived terms
- kekesor (“extinguishing”)
- kselñe (“extinction, disappearance”)
- kselläññeṣṣe (“extinctual”)
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käs-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 188
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