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Akkadian
ḫaḫḫu - plum tree; peach tree
(CAD Ḫ 29, AHw. 308, CDA 101)
See most recently Kogan 2012a:254f.
Reconstruction
PWS
*ḫāḫ-
- plum tree
(Fronzaroli 1969: 7, 25, 33)
The form should be probably postulated for PWS level, since there are chances that Akkadian ḫaḫḫu is a West Semitic loanword, s. Kogan 2012: 255