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fsḫ - to dislocate, to remove from its place, to separate, to disperse; to be weak in intellect and in body
(BK 2 592, Lane 2395)
Alternatively, may go back to PWS
*pṣḥ
‘to smash, to grind’ or PWS
*pšḫ
‘to break off, to separate’.
Reconstruction
PS
*psḥ/ḫ
- to be lame; have a dislocated limb
(SED I No. 54ᵥ; HALOT 947)