Re: Hittite 'hartagga'

>This ambiguity is less important that the absence of plene spellings,
>whether HA-(A-)AR- or HU-(U-)UR-, which suggests that the actual
>reading should be /hr/ (phonetic [h&r]).

Are Serbian hrčak, Slovak škrečok, and Latin cricetus the closest
kinship? (Along with the Slavic loanword variants in Hungarian
hörcsög and Romanian hârciog. /H-RČ-G/)

George