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Hittite

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Etymology

Kloekhorst proposes a reconstruction Proto-Indo-European *yΓ©w-on-, which he regards as a more archaic form of Proto-Indo-European *yΓ©wos (β€œbarley”). Compare Ancient Greek ΢Ριά (zeiΓ‘, β€œeinkorn wheat”) and Sanskrit ΰ€―ΰ€΅ (yΓ‘va, β€œbarley”).

Noun

π’‚Šπ’‰Ώπ’€­ β€’ (e-wa-an) n /ewan/

  1. a kind of grain
    1. a kind of soup

Inflection

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References

  • Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 312
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