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Root k-h-n

Ugaritic ↔ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎋-𐎅-𐎐↔ k-h-n. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎅-𐎐
  • 𐎋𐎅𐎐khnnoun
    priest
  • 𐎋𐎅𐎐𐎚khntnoun
    priestess

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: k-h-n
  • ܟܵܗܢܵܐkāhnānoun
    priest
  • ܟܵܗܢܹ̈ܐkāhnēname
    Leviticus (the third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah)
Canonical root family: k-h-n