𒁍𒊒𒌓

Hittite

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Etymology

According to Jaan Puhvel, possibly related to Ancient Greek φῡ́ρω (phū́rō, “to mix”), because mud is a mixture of clay and water, thus both reflecting pseudo-PIE *bʰur-u-t-.

Noun

𒁍𒊒𒌓 • (purut) n (stem purutt-)

1. soil, mud, earth
2. mud plaster

Descendants

• Old Armenian: բրուտ (brut)
  • Armenian: բրուտ (brut)
  • Northern Kurdish: pirûd, pur
  • Ottoman Turkish: پورود (purud)
    • Turkish: purut

References

• Puhvel, Jaan (2013) “purut(t)-”, in Hittite Etymological Dictionary (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 32), volume 9, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, pages 140–142