The Urartian word mari
Word mari
Meaning horseman

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Melikišvili (1971)

The Celtic (marc-) and Germanic (marah) words for horse/mare descend from a 'Wanderwort' of eastern origin according to Matasovic (1995). The Urartian word for horseman fits well that hypothesis.


Other words that might be of interest
ultu ‘camel’, gunuše ‘battle, slaughter’, pahani ‘cattle’, gunušini ‘warrior’, šuše ‘cattle, horse’, *burgalani ‘enemy’