Cognate Set 5298 – Meaning: back
- IE-CoR reference form:
- *sərkə
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Proto-Tocharian
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Etymology outside of Tocharian uncertain, cf. Adams 2013:640 for discussion and suggestions.
- Found in clades:
- Tocharian
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 4 |
Tocharian B
|
sark |
|
sərk |
sərkə |
Cf. Toch. A särśi 'backbone (?)'. |
- References
- Adams, Douglas Q.: 740
S.v. TochB sark* 'back (of the body)', to be connected with TochA särśi if, as usually assumed, the word means 'backbone'. Melchert (p.c.) suggests a plausible connection to Anatolian sark- 'high' with an original meaning 'ridge, high point' vel sim.
