akwam
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”); that is, the sharp point of a sprout piercing the ground. Cognate with Latin acus (“sharp”).
Derived terms
Further reading
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “akwam”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 4
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