yokäm

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (yoke), with semantic change from "yoke" > "door" possibly due to Chinese influence. Also see Proto-Japonic *yəkə (whence Japanese (よこ, yoko), Okinawan (ゆく, yuku)) which may be borrowed from Tocharian.

Noun

yokäm

  1. door
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