päścane

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”). Compare Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, “breast, chest”), Lithuanian spenys (“(animal) teats”), Persian پستان‎ (pestân, “breast”), Sanskrit स्तन (stana, “female breast, nipple”).

Noun

päścane

  1. (anatomy) (dual) breasts (mammary glands)
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