troṅk

See also: tronk

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Old Chinese (OC *tʰuŋ, *duŋ, *tjoŋ, “empty, hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian A truṅk.[1]

Noun

troṅk m

  1. cave, hollow

References

  1. ^
    2003, Alexander Lubotsky, Sergey Starostin, “Turkic and Chinese loan words in Tocharian”, in Bauer, Brigitte L.M., Pinault, Georges-Jean, editors, Language in Time and Space: A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, pages 257-269: