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PWS
*našay- - sciatic tendon
(SED I No. 201; Kogan 2011: 215)
Words
Ugaritic
ˀanš
- muscles; tendon
(DLU 41, WUS 28)
ˀanš dt ṯ̣rh ‘the muscles of her back’ in KTU 1.3 II 35
Hebrew
nāšǟ
- sciatic nerve (the central nerve of the hip region)
(HALOT 729)
hapax in Gn 32: 33
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
gydh dnšyyh
- sciatic nerve
(DJPA 361)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
našyā
- sciatic nerve
(Jastrow 939)
(in gīdā də-našyā)
Syriac
gennešyā
- ischial tendon
(LSyr. 126, SL 250)
(< *gīd nešyā)
Arabic
nasāⁿ
- sciatic tendon
(BK 2 1254, Lane 3033)
Tigre
näsˀa
- to cut off the hind legs (of victims)
(WTS 326)
Possibly related to PWS *našy- ‘sciatic tendon/nerve’ with a meaning shift
Amharic
anisa
- iliac bone; a sort of cartilage which extends from the tail joint to the tail
(AED 1213)
Amharic
anesa
- pelvic bone
(AED 1213)