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Akkadian
pētḫallu - riding horse
(CAD P 335, AHw. 858)
Obviously a composite word comprising the G participle from
petû
‘to open’ and ḫallu ‘crotch, region between the thighs; the hind legs of animals’ (CAD Ḫ 45).