The same is used in Turkish e.g. anneanne (grandmother). Word for mother in KBal
are ana, amma, inna, innaka, innakay etc.

John wrote:

Mark wrote

> simply saying that Ashtar is Venus leaves out the meaningful
> question "what does the word mean?". The Hurrian version also seems
> like a duplicated word like "mother of mothers".

Hannahannah meant "Grandmother" in Hurrian.  In this case she was
frequently called "The Mother of All Living" - a title also of the
Sumerian Goddess Ninhursag.  *Athtar is linked to PIE *ister (for
English star), and seems to have been another word with Nostratic
roots.

Hope this helps

Regards

John



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