krāñiye
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
- krāñi
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n-, from *ḱérh₂sō (“top of the head”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head”) (whence English cranium), Danish isse (“scalp”), etc.
Noun
krāñiye ?
- (anatomy) nape of the neck
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “krāñiye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 230