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Akkadian
kimkimmu - wrist
(CAD K 373, AHw. 478)
a reduplicated stem
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*kVm-
- articulation, joint, wrist
(SED I No. 143; Kogan 2011: 215)
*-u- may be a secondary development due to the influence of *m-. As a nominal anatomic term based on Akk. and M. Eth. only.