īme

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ime"

Tocharian B

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Tocharian *wiäime. (The reconstruction is somewhat shaky, as the seemingly related Tocharian A term is in fact borrowed from this one.) Further connections are uncertain. Possibly from the widespread Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”). In that case, cognate with Latin video, English idea, and German wissen.

Noun

īme m

1. consciousness, awareness, thought, memory

Derived terms

• imassu
• imeṣṣe

Descendants

• → Tocharian A: ime

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “īme”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 71