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Endegen
šīf - clumps of butter coming out of the holes in the pot when the milk is being churned
(EDG 573)
Reconstruction
PES
*šif
- clumps of fat, butter
(EDG 573)
Could be related to Proto-MSA
*ŝVḫāp-
‘milk’.