The double shift of phonetic values between two Semitic words has created two respective Sumerian derivatives

that reflect Semitic word morphology. erim [~LOOM] (4x: Old Babylonian) wr. erim; erim2; erimx(|TAG.TUG2|) "a part of the loom" Akk. tu [1] [2] [3] -0 (4x/100%). + 3500 3000 2500 2000 [1] [2] [3] 1 erim erim2 erimx(|TAG.TUG2|) 1500 1000 (no date)

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table. 1. a part of the loom (4x/100%) ~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ierim(TAG) OB Nippur Ura 1 407; iTAG.TUG2 OB Nippur Ura 1 408. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu x erim nu-tuku VS 27, 026 o v 1. unknown/Middle Babylonian/Ugarit [[erid]] = [e-ri-id] = [TAG] = i-i-tum MSL 14, 143-144 22 i 20'. Akk. tu "shuttle".

u [CUT] wr. u4 "to cut, fell; to trim, peel off" Akk. naksu; armu [1] 1. to cut, fell 2. to trim, peel off Akk. naksu "to cut, fell"; armu "to trim, peel off". u4

Akkadian armu "to trim, peel off" > Sumerian erim [~LOOM]. TAG

guru4 guru [CUT]. sub6 (subu) sub [COAT]. sub [RUB]. erim erim [~LOOM]. um (sum6 umu3) um [FISH] (umku6). um [SLAUGHTER]. umme [SAW](urudum, umurudu). u4 u [CUT]. tag (taka taga tuku5 tak) tag [TOUCH]. tak (see full listing) tibir tibir [HAND]. tuku5 tuku [BEAT]. zil2 zil [GOOD]. Full listing. Also: da6, sux(TAG), suhx(TAG), um, an2, erid, u14, ta3, taq, uttux(TAG). The phonetic shift from Akk. armu "to trim, peel off" to Sumerian erim [~LOOM] was made possible through the agency of association. Both cognates use the same ideogram. Akkadian naksu "to cut, fell"; armu "to trim, peel off" = Sumerian u [CUT] Akkadian tu "shuttle" = Sumerian erim [LOOM] Akk. [tu] = Sumerian u Clearly the phonetic value armu is identical with erim. They are pure Semitic derivatives.