The etymology of Proto-EthS *nbr ‘to sit’ is unknown, cf. perhaps Arb. nabūr- = ˀal-ˀist- (LA 5 222). Of some interest may be Akk. wabru ‘Ortsfremder, Beisasse’ (AHw. 1454), ‘a type of foreigner’ (CAD U/W 388), the semantic shift from “to sit” being illustrated by one of the German translations above as well as by Hbr. tōšāb ‘resident alien, sojourner’ (HALOT 1712).