āntse

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ānse, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms-o-s, a form of *h₂ṓms. Cognate with Latin umeros and Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos). Compare Tocharian A es.

Noun

āntse m

1. shoulder
2. bough, limb (of a tree)
3. branch of a particular matter

Derived terms

• antseṣṣe

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āntse”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 46