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s k n

22 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Eccl.4.13
Themes:risk·5someone·3danger·3put·2endanger·2
POS shape:verb·10noun·9name·2adj·1

This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*s-k-nProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianšakānums k nto place, put, set
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎒𐎋𐎐𐎒 𐎋 𐎐stela
Canaanite
Hebrewסוֹכֵןס כ ןAn agent: one who acts on behalf of an organization.
Aramaic
Syriacܣܘܟܢܐܣ ܟ ܢhelm, rudder
Assyrian NAܣܟܲܢܕܝܼܢܵܒ̮ܝܼܵܐܣ ܟ ܢScandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands)
Mandaicࡍࡉࡌࡅࡎࡀࡍ ࡉ ࡌlaw
Arabic
Arabicسَكَنَس ك نto be still, to be tranquil, to be peaceful
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezእስክንድርያሰ ከ ነAlexandria

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Akkadian

akk · 1 lemma
  • verbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to place, put, set
    Compare Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁכַן (šɔḵán). Also compare perhaps Biblical Hebrew הֵכִין (heḵin, “to establish, set up”), hif'il of Biblical Hebrew כ־ו־ן (k-w-n), and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”), Š-stem of Ugaritic 𐎋𐎐 (kn, “to be”).

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma

Classical Syriac

syc · 1 lemma
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    helm, rudder
    From Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^(GEŠ)ZI.GAN /⁠sikkānu⁠/). Compare Arabic سُكَّان (sukkān).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • skandīnāvīyānameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands)
    Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia.
    1 derivation

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • sokhénnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    An agent: one who acts on behalf of an organization.
    2 derivations
  • sikénverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    To endanger or risk (someone or something), to put (someone or something) in danger or at risk.
  • sakínnounattested✡︎ m. Shev. 2:5Wiktionary ↗
    knife, blade
    Borrowed from Aramaic סַכִּין (sakkīn), סַכִּינָא (sakkīnā), as is Arabic سِكِّين (sikkīn) and سِكِّينة (sikkīna).
  • sakanánounattested✡︎ m. Ber. 4:4Wiktionary ↗
    peril, danger
  • histakénverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to risk, to take a risk, to take a chance, to endanger oneself
  • m'sukánadjattestedT Eccl.4.13Wiktionary ↗
    dangerous
    1 derivation
  • sikúnnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    danger, risk, hazard, peril
  • sokhnútnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    agency
    From סוֹכֵן (sokhén) + ־וּת (-út).

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • sakanaverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
    to be still, to be tranquil, to be peaceful
    Cognate with Hebrew שכן, Akkadian 𒊭𒅗𒉡𒌝 (šakānum, “to place, to put, to set, to establish”) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”).
    1 derivation
  • sakkanaverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
    to calm, to reassure, to appease, to placate
  • ʔaskanaverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
    to settle, lodge (someone)
    Form IV of the verb سَكَنَ (sakana), from the root س ك ن (s k n).
  • tasakkanaverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
    to become poor
  • taskunuverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
  • tusakkinuverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
  • tuskinuverbattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
  • sākinnounattested☪︎ Q.2:35Wiktionary ↗
    inhabitant
    Derived from the active participle of the verb سَكَنَ (sakana, “to live, to inhabit”).

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • ʾəskəndəryanameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Alexandria

Classical Mandaic

mid · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with s-k-n

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