Reconstruction:Tocharian B/stāyä
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This Tocharian B entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Tocharian B
[edit]Reconstruction
[edit]Only attested in enestai (“in secret”).
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y-o-, from *(s)teh₂y- (“to steal”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्तायु (stāyu, “thief”), Old Irish táid (“thief”), Proto-Slavic *tajiti (“to steal”), etc.
Adjective
[edit]*stāyä
Derived terms
[edit]- enestai (“in secret, secretly”)
Further reading
[edit]- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “stāyä”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 90