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Or pašīdu. No etymology can be suggested.

Or paššišu. No etymology can be suggested.

Cf. pašīšūtu ‘activity of a pašīšu’ (CAD P 255, AHw. 845).
The relationship between Akk. pašīšu and Sum. PA₄.ŠEŠ (a priest) is unclear. The Akk. word is often thought to be derived from pašāšu ‘to anoint’ (lit. ‘anointed’) and regarded as the source of Sum. PA₄.ŠEŠ (see Sommerfeld 2006:57 for references). However, the direction of borrowing may, in fact, be the other way round (Krispijn 2004, Sommerfeld 2006:57, with earlier literature). In this case, the Sumerian lexeme is to be understood as consisting of PA₄ ‘elder’ and ŠEŠ ‘brother’.

No etymology can be suggested.

No etymology can be suggested.

Or pasḳu. No etymology can be suggested.

No definitive etymology can be suggested.

From Hurrian f/pašš-i-šše (BGH 304).

Or paššurmaḫḫu. From Sum. BANŠUR.MAḪ ‘large table’. Probably a late “learned” borrowing.

Commonly taken to be a loanword from Sum. BANŠUR (b/pansur) ‘table, tray’ (PSD B 87), but this etymology presents some difficulties (see EDA I for the details).