Akkadian

epēru - to provide with food rations (CAD E 190, AHw. 223)

Cf. Ugaritic ḥpr ‘ration, supply’ (Kogan 2015: 334).

Areal reconstruction

*ḥpr - to provide with food (Kogan 2015:334)

Akk.-Ugr. isogloss, the origin is uncertain.