A hypothetical Tocharian contribution to Chinese astronomical terminology. In: lyuke wmer ra - Indo-European Studies in Honor of Georges-Jean Pinault, edited by Hannes A. Fellner, Melanie Malzahn & Michaël Peyrot

• Authors: BLAŽEK Václav
• Year of publication: 2021
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts
• Description: The purpose of the present study is to analyze three Chinese astronomical or meteorogical terms, ‘full moon’, ‘star, constellation’ and ‘warmth of the sun’, and to substantiate whether or not they can be traced to hypothetical Tocharian sources designating ‘moon’, ‘star’ and *‘sun’ respectively, the last proposed on the basis of its

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