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PWS
*rwḥ - to blow
(Kogan 2015: 96; Bulakh 2005b:415‒420)
see also
*rV̄ḥ
- wind
Words
Hebrew
rwḥ
- to smell
(HALOT 1196)
Arabic
rwḥ
- IV. to breathe
(Lane 1177)
Sabaic
h-rwḥ
- to increase, to enlarge
(SD 119)
For this semantic development in other WS languages v. extensively Bulakh 2005b:418
Geez
roḥa
- to fan
(CDG 477; Bulakh 2005: 415–420)
Geez
rəḥya
- to emit an odor, to be fragrant
(CDG 467)