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Ebla
da-dum - uncle
(VE 1161)
corresponds to Sum. PA₄.MU; see discussion in Krecher 1984: 146, Lambert 1995: 136, Krispijn 2004: 108, Catagnoti 1998: 187; Kogan 2014: 94–95
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PS
*dād-
- paternal uncle
(Kogan 2014: 93)
An eventual relationship with Akk.
dādu
‘love-making; object of love, darling, favorite’, Hbr.
dōd
‘beloved; love’ is also conceivable