disc▪ Does qinn ‘slave, serf’ belong to the idea expressed in Akk qinnu ‘nest, lair; (hence also:) family, clan, kinsman’ (slaves, serfsmen being considered part of a household, a ‘nest’)? If so, qinn is akin to ↗qunn ‘chicken coop’.
▪ But perhaps the item is related to ↗qanā / qanà ‘to buy, acquire; to possess’ (slaves seen as ‘purchased and owned’ items) rather than to QNː(QNN).
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