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PS
*ḥVṯ̣ṯ̣- - arrow
(HALOT 342; CDG 247; Kogan 2015: 327)
Lower-level reconstructions
PWS
*ḥṯ̣ṯ̣
- to be lucky
(Kogan 2015: 327)
with a meaning shift also present in Arb.
sahm-
‘arrow; lot, portion’
Words
Akkadian
uṣṣu/ūṣu
- arrow
(CAD U/W 289; AHw 1439)
Ugaritic
ḥṯ̣
- arrow
(DUL 382)
Phoenician
ḥṣ
- arrow
(DNWSI 397)
Hebrew
ḥeṣ
- arrow
(HALOT 342)
Old Aramaic
ḥṣyˀ
- arrows
(DNWSI 397)
plural
Official Aramaic
ḥṭˀ
- arrow
(DNWSI 397)
Mandaic
hiṭia
- Sagittarius
(MD 143)
orig. arrow, used as a sign of the Zodiac : Sagittarius
Arabic
ḥaḏ̣w-at-/ḥuḏ̣w-at-/ḥiḏ̣w-at-
- a small arrow
(Lane 596)
Geez
ḥaṣṣ
- arrow, dart
(CDG 247)
Tigre
ḥaṣ
- sting
(WTS 103)
Amharic
haṣ
- arrow
(AED 35)
from Gez
Harari
ḥināč
- arrow
(EDH 84)