oṅkrotte

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *oṅkrotte (whence also Tocharian A onkrac), a privative form of the source of kwär- (“to age, grow old”) itself of further uncertain origin.

Adjective

oṅkrotte

1. immortal, lit. unaging

   Synonym: onuwaññe (“immortal, eternal”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “oṅkrotte”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 119