# \*ḥaŝw/y-: 'lungs, entrails; asthma'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥaŝw/y-, 'lungs, entrails; asthma': reflexes in 3 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥaŝw/y- |
| Meaning | 'lungs, entrails; asthma' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 117 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḥašan 'viscera (any interior part of the body); intestines' \[BK 1 435\], ḥišwat-, ḥašwat- do. \[ibid.\]; cf. maḥšan 'stomach' \[ibid. 436\]. Cf. also ḥašan 'difficult breathing; asthma', ḥašin 'difficult breathing', ḥašiya 'to have asthma' \[ibid.\] | BK 1 435; BK 436 |  |
| Akkadian | ḫašû OB on \[CAD ḫ 143\], \[AHw 335\]. | CAD ḫ 143; AHw 335 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB ḥs2y-m (SED I 117) | SED I 117 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>)

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