iścake
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
- iṣcake
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 ?
- 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