amäkṣpänte

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Tocharian B

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from *amäkṣa (wagon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ém-h₂ḱs-ih₂ ~ *h₂m̥-h₂ḱs-yéh₂, from *h₂em- (to hold on to) +‎ *h₂eḱs- (axle) +‎ *-ih₂, + *päntā (master, literally he of the way), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s ~ *pn̥th₁és (way). Compare kokalpänta (wagonmaster), from kokale (cart, wagon) +‎ *päntā.

Alternatively borrowed from Iranian, compare Khotanese [script needed] (maśpa, road, way), possibly from Proto-Iranian *amaxšyapādah, from *amaxšyah, of unknown meaning and origin, + *pántaHh ~ *paθáh (path).

Noun

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amäkṣpänte m

  1. wagonmaster
    Synonym: kokalpänta

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “amäkṣpänte”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 248