Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ḳarn-

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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

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Etymology

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A possible loan relation with Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-s (horn) (from *ḱerh₂- (horn, head)) has been suggested, but the direction of loaning is disputed. Alternatively suggested to be cognate with a Proto-Omotic *ḳar- (horn), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳar- (horn) (tentative reconstructions).[1] Despite Orel and Stolbova’s connection with a supposed Egyptian qrtj (horns, dual), however, the Egyptian word is properly krtj and cannot correspond to the Semitic.

Noun

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*ḳarn- f

  1. horn

Inflection

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Masculine:

Femenine:

Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒋛 (qarnum)
  • West Semitic:

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*ḳar-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill:1549. *ḳar- “horn”