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Akkadian
sarbu - tallow, fat
(CAD S 175)
Translated as ‘Nässe’ in AHw. 1029. Akk. -s- is irregular and could in principle point to a borrowing from W. Sem.
Reconstruction
PS
*ṯarb-
- (animal) fat
(SED I No. 283)