*knn: 'stand, base'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*knn
Meaning	'stand, base'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	kannu A (CAD K 154)	CAD K 154	gloss withheld
Hebrew	kēn (HALOT 483)	HALOT 483	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	kanā 'base, support; stem, root' (Payne Smith 217)	Payne Smith 217
Judaic Aramaic	kennāʾ (T 145)	T 145	gloss withheld
Punic	N.Pu. ʾkhnym (T 145)	T 145	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	kt (DULAT 463)	DULAT 463	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 483 sets Heb. III kēn 'stand, base' with Akk. kannu 'stand, vessel'. Kaufman (AS 19, 62) takes Akk. kannu 'base' as cognate with, not a loan into, Heb. kēn and Syr. kannā; the sense 'vessel' is shared by Akkadian and Mandaic. Syr. kanā is also 'stem, root', cf. Akk. kannu C 'slip, stalk, shoot of a plant' (CAD K 157). Not 2223 *kVnn(Vm)- (Heb. kēn 'gnat').

Updated 25 October 2026

*knn: 'stand, base'

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