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Are the Indo-Iranian elements in Kassite names (šuriaš, Abirattaš, Buriaš) loans into Kassite or evidence of what Kassite was?

Asked 31 Oct 2026 by ·Part of What was the Kassite language, and can it be classified from a 48-entry vocabulary and a few hundred names?·0 answers·0·0 following
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They are the only Kassite words with an agreed external match; whether they are borrowed decides whether the Indo-Aryan classification has any footing.

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