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𒂊𒌍𒄯

Hittite

Noun

𒂊𒌍𒄯 ‎(ēšḫar) n

blood

References

Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-16092-7, page 256ff

Etymology

From Proto-Anatolian *ʔésHr (genitive *ʔsHanós), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (genitive *h₁sh₂éns). Anatolian cognates include Cuneiform Luwian 𒀀𒀸𒄩𒅈 ‎(āšḫar, “blood”). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἔαρ ‎(éar), Sanskrit असृज् ‎(asṛj), Old Armenian արիւն ‎(ariwn), and Old Latin assyr. Original PIE heteroclitic inflection as been preserved in Hittite, with a shift from proterodynamic to hysterodynamic class.