Comparative evidence

gʷesh₂, sgʷesh₂

• Hitt. kist- 'perish', 'be extinguished' (EDHIL: 482f.)

• Hitt. kāst- /kist- 'hunger', 'famine' (EDHIL: 461ff.)

References

EDHIL = Kloekhorst, A. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Brill.