oṅkrotte

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *oṅkrotte (whence also Tocharian A onkrac), a privative form of the source of kwär- (“to age, grow old”) itself of further uncertain origin.

Adjective

oṅkrotte

  1. immortal, lit. unaging
    Synonym: onuwaññe (“immortal, eternal”)

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “oṅkrotte”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 119
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