The Hittite word *ga-a-aš-z[a]
Word *ga-a-aš-z[a]
IPA kāšt-
Meaning hunger, famine
See also Tocharian B: kest ‘hunger’
Tocharian A: kaṣt ‘hunger, famine’
Proto-Anatolian: *(ǵ)ósT- ‘hunger, famine’

Other words that might be of interest
e-ku- ‘to drink’, e-et-ri ‘food’, šal-ga-mi ‘to knead, to mix together’, ša-an-ḫu-zi ‘to roast’, ze-e-ri ‘cup’, zu-u-u̯a- ‘bread, food’, e-et- ‘to eat’, pa-ak-ku-uš- ‘to pound, to crack, to crush, to grind’, ša-ga-an ‘oil, fat’, ša-ma-lu ‘apple’, u-i-ni-i̯a-an ‘wine’, gaz-zi ‘jar’