Eurasiatic: *sVṗV
Meaning: thorn, needle
Indo-European: Hitt. sapikkusta-, sepikkusta- 'needle'; Slav. *sopъxъ, *sopotъ 'reed, pipe; Germ. *saf- (ON sef, Sw. säv 'reed'), Gr. spáthē (Mann 1112)
References: ND 2097 *saP_[ü](-śV) 'thorn, pointed stake' (Ur. + Hitt. + differ. Alt. + Sem.); Hegedűs 1990, 98 (IE-Ur + Cush. *[s]Aṗ- 'weave'?).