akeññe

Tocharian B

Etymology

From āke (“edge”). The connection here is to a land on the edge of a country; on the border. Compare Italian Le Marche and English Ukraine and Mercia.

Adjective

akeññe

1. Agnea (the apparent exonym for the Tocharian A state)
2. Having to do with the border

Descendants

• Agnean

Further reading

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