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Akkadian
karānu - vine, wine, grapes
(CAD K 202, AHw. 446)
Contra Fronzaroli and Leslau, we hesitate to identify PCS
*karm-
with Akk. karānu ‘wine, grapevine, grapes’ and the undoubtedly related Sumerian ka-ra-an ‘clusters of fruit’ (from Ur III onwards).