Proto-Semitic root
*tinnīt-
‘Tanit/Tinit (Punic goddess, face of Baal)’
di Mino’s gloss: Tanit, a goddess
Record 2967 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A4 entries
TA-NA-TETanātTanāt, a variant of Tinit, the goddess TNT, feminine of √t-n-n 'sea-dragon'CandidateSemitic1TA-NA-TITanātithe goddess TNT (Tinnit), feminine of √t-n-n 'sea-dragon'CandidateSemitic4TI-NI-TATinituTinit (goddess, = Phoenician Tanit)ConfirmedSemitic13DTI-NI-TA *307Tinitu DuburTinit of the Sanctuary (Goddess + Sanctuary pattern)ProbableSemitic13D
Notes
Etymology unsettled: Berber/Tamazight (feminine t-...-t frame), Egyptian (tA-Nt ‘she of Neith’, cf. Greek Θεννειθ) and Semitic (feminine of tannîn, see 238) proposals. Consort of Baal Hammon, principal goddess of Carthage.
Reflexes2 languages
Northwest Semitic2
- Phoeniciantnt (Krahmalkov 495, s.v. TNT-ʿŠTRT)gloss withheld
- Punictnt (Krahmalkov 415, s.v. ṢD-TNT)tnt pn bʕlgloss withheld
Beyond Semitic1
- GreekΘινιθ, Θεννειθ (Krahmalkov 495, s.v. TNT-PNBʿL)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.