skāk

Tocharian B

Etymology

Uncertain. It may be a borrowing from Tocharian A skāk, itself—according to Adams—possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skōko- m (“that which projects”). Alternatively, Adams suggests that the both the Tocharian A and B terms may have been inherited from Proto-Indo-European *skṓkom. Either way, the term may ultimately derive from the root *skek-, whence perhaps Proto-Germanic *skehaną and Proto-Slavic *skočiti.[1]

Noun

skāk

  1. balcony

References

  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “skāk*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 722
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