āmpär

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mr, a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join together”). If so, cognate with English arm and Latin arma (whence English armor).

Alternative forms

• amparwa

Noun

āmpär ?

1. bodily limb, member

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

Alternative forms

• ampar

Noun

āmpär ?

1. mango

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āmpär”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48