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Root q-n-y

Ugaritic ↔ Hebrew

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎖-𐎐-𐎊↔ q-n-y. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎖-𐎐-𐎊
  • 𐎖𐎐𐎊qnyverb
    to create, establish, found
  • 𐎖𐎐𐎊𐎚qnytnoun
    creatrix

Hebrew

he
root: q-n-y
  • קֶנְיָהkenyaname
    Kenya (a country in East Africa)
  • קְנִיָּהkniyánoun
    defective spelling of קנייה.
Canonical root family: q-n-y