𒆠𒅖𒋫𒊑
Hittite
editEtymology
editAccording to Kloekhorst, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesd- (“to starve”).
Verb
edit𒆠𒅖𒋫𒊑 • (ki-iš-ta-ri /kištari/) (3rd person singular present middle)
- to perish, to be extinguished
References
edit- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 482