The Hittite word pu-ru-ut
| Word | pu-ru-ut |
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| Meaning | soil, mud, earth, plaster |
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Homeric Greek: φύρω
‘mix’ Hattic: pur ‘earth’ |
| Synonyms | te-e-kan |
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Comments |
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| Puhvel (1994: 255) suggests a connection to Greek φῡ́ρω 'to mix', because mud is a mixture of water and clay. The reconstruction of PIE *bhur-u-t- remains controversial. | |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ḫa-a-aš ‘ashes, dust, soap’, ta-a-ru ‘wood, tree’, ut-ne-e ‘land’, al-la-an-ta-ru ‘oak’ | |