Proto-Semitic root
*šakVn-
‘to dwell, settle; to place, set’
di Mino’s gloss: to dwell, settle; dwelling; to place
Record 2776 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Reflexes15 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianšakānu (CAD Š/1 116; AHw 1134)gloss withheld
- Eblaitic/S-k-n/: name iš₁₁-gú-nu (š-k-n? Krebernik 1988, 50 n. 10)cf. íl-gú-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 242)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic7
- Phoenicianš-k-n (Krahmalkov 460)gloss withheld
- Hebrewšākan (HALOT 1496)miškān (HALOT 646)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicšken, mašknā (SEDRA 3200, 3199)gloss withheld
- Ugariticškn (HALOT 1497; DULAT 803)gloss withheld
- Amoritešākin (Buck 2019, 332)sakānu, maskanu, maskanû: ma-ás-ka-ni-i (ARM 5, 78: 6) (Streck 2000, 105, 114)S-k-n: áš-ki-na-nu-um, a-bí-iš-ki-in (Ur III)maSkan: ma-aš-ka-nu, ma-às-ka-an-šu-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 242–243)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicškn, pa. (HALOT 1496)*miškan (HALOT BArm. s.v. מִשְׁכַּן)gloss withheld
- Aramaicškn (DNWSI 1134)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicsakana ‘to dwell, be tranquil’ (BK 1, 1115)
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic skn (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 121)sknt (Al-Jallad 2026, 131)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab s₁kn (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 32; Sabaweb lemma 8477)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3
- Harsusisekōn (HSED 2240)
- Jibbaliskun (HSED 2240)
- Tigresakna (HALOT 1496)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.