Proto-Semitic root
*kitn-
‘linen, tunic’
di Mino’s gloss: linen; tunic
Record 2678 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A2 entries
Notes
Borrowed as Greek χιτών/κιθών ‘tunic’, Mycenaean ki-to, and with metathesis Latin tunica (Rendsburg 2026, 214).
Reflexes9 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadiankitû (CAD K 473)kitītu, kitintu (HALOT 505)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic7
- Ugariticktn (DULAT 464)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianktn (Krahmalkov 246)ktn (T 151)gloss withheld
- Hebrewkuttōnet (HALOT 505)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaickettānā, kuttīnā (HALOT 505)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaickitana, kituna (HALOT 505; MD 216)gloss withheld
- Aramaicktnʾ (T 151)
- Judaic Aramaickitnaʾ (T 151)
Arabic1
- Arabickattān- ‘linen’ (BK 2, 864)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.