𐤨𐤬𐤱𐤰

Lydian

Etymology

Melchert derives it from a hypothetical Proto-Anatolian *ǵóbu. Compare Armenian ծով (cov, “sea”) for a possible Indo-European cognate.

Noun

𐤨𐤬𐤱𐤰 (kofu)

1. water

References

• Fred Woudhuizen, Linguistica Tyrrhenica: The Etruscan liturgical calendar (1998), in note on page 199
• H. Craig Melchert, Anatolian Historical Phonology (1994), page 331