*gVŝŝ-: 'side of body; body; chest'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ǧawš- 'chest; middle (of a man's body)' [BK 1 356], ǧūš-, ǧawš- 'chest' [ibid.]; cf. ǧašš- 'middle of the back, vertebrae (of a beast of burden)' [ibid. 295], ǧuʔšūš- 'chest' [ibid. 245], ǧaʔš- 'heart, soul, spirit' [ibid.], ǧāš-, ǧāyišat- do. [ibid. 362]; cf. maǧass-at- 'chest' [ibid. 293]	BK 1 356; BK 295; BK 245; BK 362; BK 293
Mehri	gǝŝŝēt [JM 126]	JM 126	gloss withheld
Akkadian	giššu (gilšu) MB on [CAD g 73]; [AHw 288].	CAD g 73; AHw 288	gloss withheld
Modern Arabic	DAṮ ǧišša 'corpse, dead body' [GD 283]	GD 283
Modern Aramaic	AZR gissa [Garb 307]	Garb 307	gloss withheld
Jibbali	géŝǝ́t [JJ 79]	JJ 79	gloss withheld
Hebrew	PB gäsäs 'side, arm' [Ja 261].	Ja 261
Judaic Aramaic	gīsǝsā 'side, arm' [Ja 241]	Ja 241
Syrian Aramaic	gessā 'hip, side (of the tongue, of the palate); girdle of the pubis' [Brock 126]	Brock 126
Emar	ge-eš-šu, ge₅-eš-ša /geššu/ (SED II 339)	SED II 339	gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026