pīsäl

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pésl̥, an l-stem noun derived from the (tentative) root *pes- (to blow) (compare Proto-Slavic *paxati (to sweep), Old Norse fǫnn (snowdrift)), thus meaning originally “that which is blown away”; compare especially Old High German fesa (chaff) from the same root. Or alternatively cognate with Sanskrit बुस (busa, chaff, refuse grain; rubbish) and perhaps Latin furfur (chaff, bran; flaky skin), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰus-, but with phonetic difficulties.

Noun

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pīsäl m

  1. chaff, husk

References

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “pīsäl”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 417