Proto-MSA

*ṯ̣wy - to smell (Kogan 2015:575–576)

Possible cognates of Proto-MSA *ṯ̣wy ‘to smelľ are extensively discussed in SED I No. 286. From the semantic point of view, the closest parallels are Ugr. ṯ̣ˀu ‘exhalation, secretion’ (DUL 1007) and Gez. ṣiˀ ‘bad smell.’ Also remarkable are Hbr. ṣōˀā, ṣēˀā ‘excrement,’ ṣē(ˀ) ‘filth’ (HALOT 992) and Gez. ṣiˀat ‘rot, filth, stench, excrement’ (CDG 567). (Kogan 2015:575-576)