𒆠𒅖𒋫𒊑

Hittite

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Etymology

According to Kloekhorst, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesd- (“to starve”).

Verb

𒆠𒅖𒋫𒊑 • (ki-iš-ta-ri /kištari/) (3rd person singular present middle)

1. to perish, to be extinguished

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 482