Abstract
ON DENOMINATION OF A HEAD IN THE BALTIC AND TOCHARIAN LANGUAGESSummaryThe paper aims to reveal a striking parallel between the Baltic and Tocharian languages in denomination of a head: in Baltic as well as in Tocharian lexemes of a head are cognate to those of an end, cf. Lith. galvà, Latv. gal̃va, OPr. galwo, gallū “head”: Lith. gãlas, Latv. gals “end”, OPr. acc. sing, gallon “death” (: Lith. gélti „sting, bite, ache”, Latv. dzel̃t “prick, sting, stitch”) and Toch. В āśee “head” : Toch. B āke, A āk “end” (: IE *aḱ- “scharp, pointed, acute”).
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