-wäte
Tocharian B
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”), the same source as wi.
Suffix
-wäte
- added onto words to show twoness or duality
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “īwate”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 71