Semitic Etymological Database
Cf. abru ‘strong’
Probably cf. Arb. ˀbd ‘to flee, to run away at random’
The word occurs in Neo-Babylonian and Standard Babylonian only. Cf. abtāti ‘ruins’ (CAD A₁ 66).
Neither cognate nor loan relationship with ˁbk ‘a plant’ (DUL 145, Watson 2007:67), carries conviction in view of Ugr. ˁ vs. Akk. a- (Pardee 1985:67).