kauᵤrṣe

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian *kauwärṣän (whence also Tocharian A keyurṣ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-wr̥sen- (bull), from *gʷṓws (cow), the same source as keᵤ. Cognate with Sanskrit गोवृष (govṛṣa).

Noun

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kauᵤrṣe m

  1. bull

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kauᵤrṣe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 222-223