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Akkadian
peṣû - white
(CAD P 328, AHw. 857)
Derived words: pūṣāwūtu ‘laundry work’ (CAD P 538, AHw. 883); pūṣāyu ‘launderer’ (CAD P 538, AHw. 883); puṣāˀū (puṣû) ‘white’ (CAD P 328, AHw. 857); puṣīˀū, puṣû ‘white gold’ (CAD P 539, AHw. 883); puṣṣû ‘white’ (CAD P 539); pūṣu ‘white spot’ (CAD P 539, AHw. 883).
May be related to PCS
*pṣḥ
‘to be bright’.
Reconstruction
PCS
*pṣḥ
- to be bright
(Bulakh 2003: 45, Kogan 2011: 198)
Akk.
peṣû
‘white’ may be related to this root