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Ugaritic
ˀarḫ - cow, heifer
(DUL 102)
one of the most ancient and widespread animal names in Semitic (SED II No.12), borrowing from Akk.
arḫu
‘cow’ must be emphatically excluded (contra Watson 2007: 78).
Reconstruction
PS
*ˀarḫ-
- cow, heifer
(SED II No. 12, Fron. VI 30, DRS 32)