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√QNː (QNN)
chicken coop, chicken house – WehrCowan1979.
From Sem *qinn‑ ‘nest’ (Dolgopolsky2012). The specialisation of meaning in Ar is not found in other Sem langs.
▪ BDB1906: Akk (CAD) qinnu ‘nest (of a bird, snake), lair; family, clan, kinsman’ (cf. also: qanānu ‘to make a nest, nest, establish a homestead’), Hbr qēn (pl. qinnīm) ‘nest; cells (like nests)’, Aram qinnâ, Syr qennā, Mand qina ‘nest’
▪ Dolgopolsky2012#1O96 reconstructs Sem *qinn‑ ‘nest’.
▪ Does also Ar qinn ‘slave, serf’ belong to the idea of qinnu ‘nest; (hence also, in Akk:) family, clan, kinsman’ (slaves, serfsmen being considered part of a household, a ‘nest’)?
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