The origin of Proto-MSA *šaḫar- ‘old man’ is uncertain. Any connection with Akk. šuḫarruru ‘to become dazed, still, numb with fear’ (CAD Š₃ 203), Syr. šḥar ‘timuit’ (LSyr. 771)? One wonders whether Arb. sḫr (II) ‘to constrain, to compel to what one does not desire, to bring into subjection’ (Lane 1324) may also be ultimately related. (Kogan 2015:571)