Semitic Etymological Database
Var. ḫašû, ušû
Var. etūdu
Goetze 1947: 244‒245, Kouwenberg 2008, Kogan 2015: 334 Cf. Ugaritic hwt ‘word, statement’ (DUL 349)
Kogan 2015: 334 Cf. Ugaritic hwt ‘word, statement’ (DUL 349)
The etymology is uncertain (cf. Kraus 1973: 117–118).