käryāñ

Tocharian B

Etymology

From an unattested singular form *käryā-, from Proto-Tocharian *käryā- (whence also Tocharian A kri (“will”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kṛd(i)yeh₂-, from *ḱḗr. Cognate with English heart, Old Irish cride, Latin cor, and Lithuanian širdis.

Noun

käryāñ pl

1. hearts

Usage notes

The usual Tocharian B word for heart is arañce; *käryā- appears to be an archaism attested in only one passage.

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käryāñ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 175