īme

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Tocharian *wiäime. (The reconstruction is somewhat shaky, as the seemingly related Tocharian A term is in fact borrowed from this one.) Further connections are uncertain. Possibly from the widespread Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see). In that case, cognate with Latin video, English idea, and German wissen.

Noun

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īme m

  1. consciousness, awareness, thought, memory

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tocharian A: ime

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “īme”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 71