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).

Noun

āmpär

  1. bodily limb, member

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

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
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