āñcäm

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *āñc(ä)me, probably from a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *h₂en(h₁)tmen-, from a conflation of *ētmen- (compare Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman, “breath”), Old High German ātum (“breath”)) and *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”) (compare the nominal derivative *h₂enh₁mos, whence Latin animus (“mind, soul”), anima, Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind, breeze”), Old Armenian անձն (anjn, “person”), and possibly Sanskrit अनिल (ánila, “air, wind”)). Compare Tocharian B āñme.

Noun

āñcäm ?

1. self
2. inner being, soul

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अञ्जनाम (añjanāma), or a form thereof.

Noun

āñcäm ?

1. black dye, pigment

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āñcäm”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 8