krāmär

See also: kramar

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *krāmär (whence also the indirectly attested Tocharian A *krāmär), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂-mr̥, from *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”). Cognate with Latin gravis (whence English gravity), Sanskrit ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”), Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús) (whence English baro-), etc. Note that in the derived terms, the widespread semantic parallel of weight > difficulty is present (compare German schwer, Estonian raske, etc.)

Noun

krāmär m

1. weight, heaviness

Derived terms

• kramartstse (“heavy, difficult”)
• kramartsäññe (“heaviness, difficulty”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “krāmär”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 230-231