𒄀

𒄀 U+12100, 𒄀 CUNEIFORM SIGN GI ← 𒃿 [U+120FF] Cuneiform 𒄁 → [U+12101]

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

𒄀 (QANÛ)

1. reed
2. a certain unit of length

Descendants

• → Aramaic: קַנְיָא‎ / ܩܢܝܐ‎‎ (qanyā)
  • → Arabic: قَنَاة‎ (qanāh)
• → Ethiopian:
  • Ge'ez: ኵናት (kʷənat), ኲናት (kʷinat)
  • Tigre: ኮናት (konat)
  • Tigrinya: ኵናት (kʷənat)
• → Ancient Greek: κάννα (kánna), κᾰ́ννη (kánnē)
  • Greek: κάννη (kánni)
  • → Latin: canna (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Latin: *cannālis, canālis (see there for further descendants)
• → Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀜𐀛𐀠 (ko-no-ni-pi /konōni-pʰi/)
• → Hebrew: קָנֶה‎ (qānḗ, “stem, reed, cane”)
• → Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐 (qn, “cane; arrow”)

References

• Mugsar
• “gi [REED]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

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Sumerian

Noun

𒄀 (GI)

1. reed
2. a certain unit of length

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒄀 (/qanû/, “reed”) (see there for further descendants)
• → Eblaite: 𒄀 (/qanuwum, qanûm/)