The Hittite word ekku
| Word | ekku |
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| Meaning | horse |
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Linear B: i-qo
‘horse’ Sanskrit: aśvaḥ ‘horse’ Thracian: esvas ‘horse’ Greek: Ίππος ‘horse’ Latin: equus ‘horse’ Proto-Indo-European: *h₁ék̂wos ‘horse’ Old Persian: a-sa-pa ‘horse’ Old Norse: *ehwaz ‘horse’ Tocharian B: yakwe ‘horse’ C. Luwian: az-zu-wa- ‘horse’ Proto-Anatolian: *ʔeku- ‘horse’ Mitanni: ašwa ‘horse’ Lycian: esbe ‘horse’ |
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| In Hittite the word for 'horse' is only attested written with the sumerogram ANS̆E.KUR.RA. The rendered cuneiform is hypothetical. | |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| i-ia-an-ta-an ‘sheep’, kuu̯āu- ‘cow’, a-li-ya-na ‘deer’, la-aḫ-pa-aš ‘ivory, elephant’ | |