Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ ‘small rodent’ and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ ‘mouse, jerboa’

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Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ ‘small rodent’ and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ ‘mouse, jerboa’. / Kroonen, Guus.

In: Indogermanische Forschungen, Vol. 121, No. 1, 2016, p. 53–62.

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Kroonen, G 2016, 'Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ ‘small rodent’ and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ ‘mouse, jerboa’', Indogermanische Forschungen, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2016-0003

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Kroonen, G. (2016). Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ ‘small rodent’ and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ ‘mouse, jerboa’. Indogermanische Forschungen, 121(1), 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2016-0003

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Kroonen G. Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ ‘small rodent’ and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ ‘mouse, jerboa’. Indogermanische Forschungen. 2016;121(1):53–62. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2016-0003

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Kroonen, Guus. / Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ ‘small rodent’ and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ ‘mouse, jerboa’. In: Indogermanische Forschungen. 2016 ; Vol. 121, No. 1. pp. 53–62.

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title = "Hittite kapart‐/kapirt‐ {\textquoteleft}small rodent{\textquoteright} and Proto‐Semitic *ˁkbr‐t‐ {\textquoteleft}mouse, jerboa{\textquoteright}",
abstract = "The Hittite doublet kapart-/kapirt-, designating a small rodent, is currently assumed to continue an Indo-European formation. Hittitologists almost unanimously analyze it as an ablauting t-stem coined from the preverb *ko(m)- {\textquoteleft}together{\textquoteright} and the Indo-European root *bʰer- {\textquoteleft}to carry{\textquoteright}, i. e. *ko(m)-bʰēr-t- or *ko(m)- bʰr̥-t. Accordingly, the meaning {\textquoteleft}small rodent{\textquoteright} is explained as having developed from {\textquoteleft}collector{\textquoteright} or {\textquoteleft}hoarder{\textquoteright}. It appears that there is a good alternative to this etymology, however, as the Semitic languages offer evidence for a feminine t-stem to the root *ˁkbr- meaning {\textquoteleft}mouse; jerboa{\textquoteright}, viz. Akkadian akbartu-, Phoenician ˁkbrt and Syriac ˁuḳbartā. It seems more plausible that this is the source of Hitt. kapart-/kapirt-.",
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AB - The Hittite doublet kapart-/kapirt-, designating a small rodent, is currently assumed to continue an Indo-European formation. Hittitologists almost unanimously analyze it as an ablauting t-stem coined from the preverb *ko(m)- ‘together’ and the Indo-European root *bʰer- ‘to carry’, i. e. *ko(m)-bʰēr-t- or *ko(m)- bʰr̥-t. Accordingly, the meaning ‘small rodent’ is explained as having developed from ‘collector’ or ‘hoarder’. It appears that there is a good alternative to this etymology, however, as the Semitic languages offer evidence for a feminine t-stem to the root *ˁkbr- meaning ‘mouse; jerboa’, viz. Akkadian akbartu-, Phoenician ˁkbrt and Syriac ˁuḳbartā. It seems more plausible that this is the source of Hitt. kapart-/kapirt-.

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