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Reconstruction:Proto-Tocharian/koy
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Proto-Tocharian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂óyu (“gape”, noun), from the root *ǵʰh₂ey-, extended from the original root *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape, yawn”).
Noun
*koy
- (anatomy) mouth
Descendants
- Tocharian A: koy-
- Tocharian B: koyn
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “koyn”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 216-217