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Mehri
mdêr - Lehmziegel (air-dried, adobe brick)
(Jahn 1902:210)
Reconstruction
PWS
*mVdVr-/*mVdr-
- earth, soil
(Fronzaroli 1969: 5, 24; Kogan 2011: 189; Kogan 2015: 445)
in EthS completely ousted PS
*ˀarŝ-̣
‘earth,’ which left virtually no trace