iścake

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Tocharian B

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown and disputed. Possibly related to Sanskrit इष्टिका (iṣṭikā, brick, tile), making it borrowed from an Indo-Iranian source. Compare iścem, of a similar meaning.

Noun

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iścake ?

  1. a kind of soil

Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “iścake”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 72