𒆷𒀀𒀊𒉺

Hittite

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Etymology

Usually compared to Common Slavic *lopata (“shovel”) and Lithuanian lópeta (“shovel”), but these are rather Balto-Slavic derivations of a stem found in Lithuanian lãpas (“leaf”) and Common Slavic *lopъ.

Noun

𒍏𒆷𒀀𒀊𒉺 • (^URUDUlappa) n

1. a metal instrument, scoop ?

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520