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Hebrew
rṣṣ - to mistreat, oppress
(HALOT 1285)
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PCS
*rṣ̂ṣ̂
- to smash
(Kogan 2015: 197)
The origin of PCS *rŝṣ̂ ̣ ‘to smash’ is uncertain. Leslau (EDG 529) compares Muh. Msq. Gog. arṭärräṭä, Cha. Gyt. arṭänäṭä, Eža arṭännäṭä ‘to be about to break (wood), to become very old.’