akeññe

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From āke (edge) + -ññe. The connection here is to a land on the edge of a country; on the border; the march. Compare Old English Mierce (Kingdom of Mercia), Italian Marche (a region of Italy), and the etymology for English Ukraine, from Old East Slavic украина (ukraina, borderland).

Adjective

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akeññe

  1. Agnean (exonymic designation for the Agneans, the "Tocharian A" people)
  2. pertaining to the border

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “akeññe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 2