salyiye

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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from (possibly) Proto-Indo-European *seh₂li-h₁en-, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-i- (salt) + *h₁én (in). Compare Tocharian A sāle. Other cognates include Sanskrit सलिल (salila), Latin sāl, Old Armenian աղ (), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), and Old English sealt (English salt).

Noun

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salyiye

  1. salt

References

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “salyiye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 742