kätk-

See also: katk and kātk-

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kätk- (whence also Tocharian B kätk-), from From Proto-Indo-European *kedsḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ked-. Cognate with Latin cedo.

Verb

kätk-

1. to cross, traverse, pass through
2. to proceed, pass (of time)
3. to transgress, commit a sin
4. to lower, set down

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tocharian *kätk- (whence also Tocharian A kätk-), from Proto-Indo-European *kedsḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ked-. Cognate with Latin cedo (“to go, move”).

Verb

kätk-

1. to cross, traverse, pass through
2. to proceed, pass (of time)
3. to transgress, commit a sin

Derived terms

• ekätkātte (“not crossing”)
• *śätkā (nominalization)
  • eśatkai (“very”)
• kätkormeṃ (“past”)
• kätkor (“past”)
• katkalñe (“passage, fording”)
  • katkalñeṣṣe (pertaining to above)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kätk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 167-168

Etymology 2

From a form of Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Cognate with Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards, along”).

Verb

kätk-

1. to lower, set down

Derived terms

• kätkare (“deep, tall, hollow, profound”)
  • eṅkatkre (“deeply”)
  • kätkarñe (“depth”)
  • kätkartstse (“deep”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kätk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 168-169