allek

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ālle-kä, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Latin alius, English old. Compare Tocharian A ālak. Related to ālyauce, aletstse, alyiyatstse, and alokälymi.

Adjective

allek

  1. other, more, extra

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “allek”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 30
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