Proto-Semitic root
*ḳVyVn-
‘forge’
di Mino’s gloss: to forge metal; smith; administrator, governor
Record 572 ↗ · SED semet 550 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Biella 454 derives Sab qyn ‘administrator of a god or king; governor’ from the root of Arabic qayn ‘smith’.
Reflexes4 languages
Northwest Semitic3
- Syrian Aramaicqayen (Payne Smith 504)qaynāyā (LGz. 286)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaicqanaia (LGz. 286)gloss withheld
- Ugariticqyn (LGz. 286)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicqyn [-i-]qayn (LGz. 286)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.