śāw-

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃w-o-, from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Related to śaul (“life”), śaumo (“human”), śāmane (“alive”), śaiyye (“sheep, goat”), and śaiṣṣe (“people, the world”).

Verb

śāw-

  1. to live, be alive

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “śāw-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 683
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