bulû, bulāˀu, bulīˀu - firewood (CAD B 312, AHw. 137)

At first sight, von Soden’s derivation from balû “to become extinguished” appears scarcely compatible with the meaning “firewood” postulated for this lexeme. Still, in view of the meaning “to be old (of things)” of PS *b-l-y, from which the Akkadian verb is thought to be derived, it is noteworthy that in bulû corresponds to Sum. {giš.sumun} “old wood”, further equated with Akk. iṣṣu labiru id