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Hebrew
ḥēḳ - lap, loin, hips
(HALOT 312)
Possibly < *ḥiḳw- with a loss of -w (cf. rēāˁ ‘companion, friend’ < *riˁw-?), though the plene-spelling ḥyḳ rather speaks for proto Hbr. *ḥayḳ-
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PWS
*ḥVḳw-
- back, loin, hip
(SED I No. 113; Kogan 2011: 218)