Proto-Semitic root
*tVnnVn-
‘(mythical) snake, dragon’
di Mino’s gloss: dragon, sea-monster, serpent
Record 238 ↗ · SED semet 179 · Basis: SED
In Linear A2 entries
Reflexes8 languages
Northwest Semitic8
- Mandaic Aramaictanina [DM 480] (also tiniana, tinita [ibid. 486]).gloss withheldDM 486
- Ugaritictnn [DULAT 860], /tunnanu/ (UVST 185-186)gloss withheld
- Modern AramaicN.-Syr. tanînâ ‘a dragon’ [M 323].
- Hebrewtannīn (HALOT 1764), pB. [Ja. 1682]gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaictannīnā [Ja. 1682], [Levy WT II 547], [Levy WTM IV 656]tnyn [DJPA 587a apud CAL], tannīnā [Sok. B 1223]. Sam. tnyn [Tal 957].gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaictannīnā 'sea monsterdragon, asp' [Brock. 828], [PS 4463].
- AramaicOff. tnyn [HJ 1223]gloss withheld
- Amoritetunnan: tu-na-nu(-um) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 298)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.