< Reconstruction:Proto-Tocharian
Reconstruction:Proto-Tocharian/āikäre
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Proto-Tocharian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from the intensive prefix *e(n)- + *iäkre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eg- (“to lack”). If so, cognate with Latin egeo, etc.
Adjective
*āikäre
- empty
Descendants
- Tocharian A: ekär
- Tocharian B: aikare
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “aikare”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 108