# \*knn: 'stand, base'

> Proto-Semitic *knn, 'stand, base': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## 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').

## Linked from

- [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>)

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