Comparative evidence

h₂eh₁s

• Lat. assus -a, -­um ‘roasted’, ‘baked’, ‘dry’ (OLD: 191)

• Lat. āreō -ēre ‘to be dry or parched’, ‘(of plants) to be withered from lack of moisture’, ‘(of persons) to suffer from thirst, be dry’ (OLD: 166)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.