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Arabic
nafas- - sip, gulp
(BK 2 1310)
Clearly related with a common meaning shift.
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PS
*napa/iš-
- throat
(SED I No. 200)
Even if derived from *npš ‘to breath’, which is quite possible, it should be distinguished, as early as on the PS level, from Sem.*nap(i)š- ‘soul; vitality, life; person, personality; self’ derived from the same verb