Reconstruction:Proto-Tocharian/eṅk-

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The tocharian vocalism demands the root to have an initial h₁. Otherwise it would start with an /a/-vowel. Cf. Hackstein (Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsentien des Tocharischen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.) 1995: 227 for detailed discussion

Verb

 * 1) to grasp, seize, take control of