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Akkadian
urnu - (a lizard or snake)
(CAD U–W 234, AHw. 1431)
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*waran/l-
- (a lizard)
(SED II No. 246; Kogan 2011: 211)
Vacillation between -n and -l is likely to be accounted for by the latter’s low compatibility with the preceding -r-.