ID 840 • Sw 61/27 • BP 593 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√MWT
▪ Huehnergard2011, Kogan2015 (Sw#17): from protSem *mwt ‘to die’ (SED I #43ᵥ). Passim except Jib and Soq.
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl checkmate, mate, from Ar māt ‘he has died’, from earlier māta ‘to die’.
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