Akkadian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
𒄀 (QANÛ)
- reed
- a certain unit of length
Descendants[edit]
- → Aramaic: קַנְיָא / ܩܢܝܐ (qanyā)
- → 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)
- → Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀜𐀛𐀠 (ko-no-ni-pi /konōni-pʰi/)
- → Hebrew: קָנֶה (qānḗ, “stem, reed, cane”)
- → Phoenician: *𐤒𐤍𐤀 (*qnʾ /qanā/)
- → Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐 (qn, “cane; arrow”)
References[edit]
- Mugsar
- “gi [REED]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Sumerian[edit]
𒄀 (GI)
- reed
- a certain unit of length
Descendants[edit]
- → Akkadian: 𒄀 (/qanû/, “reed”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Eblaite: 𒄀 (/qanuwum, qanûm/)