tescum

Alternative forms

 * tescuum, tesquum

Etymology
and lacking agreement on the precise meaning. Possibly from, with regular simplification of *-rs- > /s/ before a voiceless consonant (compare ). Compare for the formation. The c in the plural is likely to be analogical after the regular /kʷum > kum/ in the singular. A connection with, the source of , is rejected by De Vaan, who mentions Dunkel's proposal that teskʷ- is derived by dissimilation from twes-kʷ- but points out that *twes- is not an ablaut grade of this root.

Noun

 * 1)  wilderness, wasteland, desert