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Syriac
šerrā, šurtā - umbilical cord, navel
(LSyr. 802, SL 1613)
Reconstruction
PCS
*šurr-
- navel; navel string
(SED I No. 254; Kogan 2011: 217; Kogan 2015: 198)
possible connection with verbal root
*šrr
- to be firm, hard