Areal reconstruction

*haw-at- - word; matter (Haldar 1964:275)

Areal reconstruction

*hwy - to speak (Kogan 2015:334)

Akk.-Ugr. *haw-at- ‘word; matter’ (Haldar 1964:275) is ultimately related to this root (see Kogan 2015:334)

Akkadian

awatu - word, utterance; matter, affair, thing (CAD A₂ 29, AHw. 89)

Kogan 2015: 334
Cf. Ugaritic hwt ‘word, statement’ (DUL 349)

Ugaritic

hwt - word, statement (DUL 349)