Words in Hittite for meaning 1-212 "earth=ground, soil"

LatinTrans
tekan-
tagn-

Comment

HEG 292-300: 'earth, ground'; place for dead bodies. dagan-zipa (originally) 'earth spirit' came to be a synonym for tekan-. See also 'field' 01.230; 08.120 and 'pasture' 03.160 for 'land' relative to agricultural uses.

Original IDS Data

tekan- [/tagn-]