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*watar-/*watr- - tendon
(SED I No. 290; Kogan 2011: 215)
is based on Hbr. yätär, Syr. yatrā, Arb. watar-, Gez. watr, Amh. wätär (some of them with non-anatomic meanings like ‘rope’, ‘cord’, ‘bowstring’)
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Hebrew
yätär
- cord
(HALOT 452)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
yitrā
- the straight side of the stomach (opposite to curved side)
(Jastrow 605)
Nota a very specific meaning shift.
Syriac
yatrā
- rope; bowstring; cord; beam
(LSyr. 313, SL 590)
Mandaic
iatra
- tendon; bowstring
(MD 188)
Mandaic
iatira
- bowstring
(MD 188)
Arabic
watar-
- tendon; string, chord
(BK 2 1480, Lane 2918)
Geez
watr
- sinew, cord
(CDG 622)
Amharic
wätär
- Achilles' tendon
(AED 1537)
Harari
wɔtär
- nerve, sinew, gut, tendon
(EDH 162)
Gurage
wätär
- nerve, sinew, gut, tendon
(EDG 670)
dialects not specified