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*ˀr - light
(Fronzaroli 1965a: 138, 144; Kogan 2011: 196)
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Akkadian
urru
- morning
(CAD U–W 243, AHw. 1433)
Ebla
ù-ru₁₂ /ˀurru/
- light
(VE 817, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 683)
in ù-ru₁₂ mu-si-im /ˀurru mūšim/ ‘light of the night’
Ugaritic
ˀur
- warmth, heat
(DUL 94–95)
Ugaritic
ˀar, ˀir
- light
(DUL 94–95)
Hebrew
ˀōr
- light
(HALOT 24)
Arabic
ˀirrat-
- heat, flame
(LA 4 18)
Arabic
ˀuwār-
- heat, flame
(LA 4 39)
Geez
ˀer
- sun, light
(CDG 36, EDG 118)
Tigre
ˀarwa
- flame
(WTS 359)
Tigre
ˀarwä
- to flame, to blaze
(WTS 359)
Soqotri
έrir
- to light, kindle, illuminate
(
LS
75;
Naumkin et al. 2019b
:84)
éˀereʰ
‘moon’ is likely related.