Finite Structures

Hittite (Ninda) Kaz(za)mi(t)-

“…24 to be a Luwian term, but he explained it as a Luwian participle in -m(m)i-. 39 However, this solution does not fit with the -ta extension, since the Luwian participle «inflects like an ordinary adjective with 'ī-mutation'». 40 In my view, the term could ultimately be an Akkadian loanword, borrowed into Hittite through Hurrian intermediation, reflecting the Akkadian verbal adjective kasmu «cut up, chopped» (with thematization in -i 41 ), from kasāmu «to cut, to chop», although this verb is always referred to wood, plants and trees, never to loaves.…”