𒄞

The cuneiform sign represents an ox head. Related to the hieroglyph

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• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒄞 (gud, gu₄ /guř/, “ox”).

𒄞 • (GUD, GU₄)

1. Sumerogram of alpum (“ox, bull”)
2. Sumerogram of lûm (“bull”)

• 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum, “second month”)

A term found in the Euphratic substrate theory, which connects it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). This word in particular is not of atypical syllable structure for being native Sumerian, which is the main sign indicating a potential borrowing into the language. Gordon Whittaker (2008) proposed that the language of the proto-literary texts from the Late Uruk period (c. 3350–3100 BC) is an early Indo-European language that he terms Euphratic.

𒄞 • (gud, gu₄ guř)

1. bull, ox
2. cattle
3. calf
4. lion

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒄞

• “𒄞 (gud)” in ePSD2
• Whittaker, Gordon (2008), “The Case for Euphratic”, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences‎, volume 2, issue 3, pages 156–168.