oṃṣ

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *onṣä (whence also Tocharian A eṣ (“on top of”)), from Proto-Indo-European *énu (“along, after, above”). Cognate with Sanskrit अनु (anu, “after, along”), etc.

Preposition

oṃṣ

above

Derived terms

oṃṣap (“more than”)
oṃṣmeṃ (“from above”)

Further reading

Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “oṃṣmeṃ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 114

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