werwiye

Tocharian B

Etymology

According to Adams, a variant of expected *werpiye, itself from wārp- (to surround).

Noun

werwiye ?

  1. garden
    Synonyms: wīnāmāññe, werpiśke

References

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “(x)werpiye* ~ werwiye”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 664