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 n— to place, put, set
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎒𐎋𐎐𐎒 𐎋 𐎐— stela
Canaanite
Hebrewסוֹכֵןס כ ן— An agent: one who acts on behalf of an organization.
Aramaic
Syriacܣܘܟܢܐܣ ܟ ܢ— helm, rudder
Assyrian NAܣܟܲܢܕܝܼܢܵܒ̮ܝܼܵܐܣ ܟ ܢ— Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands)
Mandaicࡍࡉࡌࡅࡎࡀࡍ ࡉ ࡌ— law
Arabic
Arabicسَكَنَس ك ن— to be still, to be tranquil, to be peaceful
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezእስክንድርያሰ ከ ነ— Alexandria
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- to place, put, setCompare 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- stela
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- helm, rudderFrom Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^(GEŠ)ZI.GAN /sikkānu/). Compare Arabic سُكَّان (sukkān).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- 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
- derivedܣܟܲܢܕܝܼܢܵܒ̮ܝܵܝܵܐskandīnāvyāyā
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- An agent: one who acts on behalf of an organization.
▸ 2 derivations
- derivedסוֹכְנוּתsokhnút
- derivedסוֹכֵן כָּפוּלsokhén kafúl
- To endanger or risk (someone or something), to put (someone or something) in danger or at risk.
- knife, bladeBorrowed from Aramaic סַכִּין (sakkīn), סַכִּינָא (sakkīnā), as is Arabic سِكِّين (sikkīn) and سِكِّينة (sikkīna).
- peril, danger
- to risk, to take a risk, to take a chance, to endanger oneself
- dangerous
▸ 1 derivation
- relatedסַכָּנָהsakaná
- danger, risk, hazard, peril
- agencyFrom סוֹכֵן (sokhén) + ־וּת (-út).
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to be still, to be tranquil, to be peacefulCognate with Hebrew שכן, Akkadian 𒊭𒅗𒉡𒌝 (šakānum, “to place, to put, to set, to establish”) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”).
▸ 1 derivation
- relatedرَمَادramād
- to calm, to reassure, to appease, to placate
- to settle, lodge (someone)Form IV of the verb سَكَنَ (sakana), from the root س ك ن (s k n).
- to become poor
- inhabitantDerived from the active participle of the verb سَكَنَ (sakana, “to live, to inhabit”).
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- Alexandria
Classical Mandaic
mid · 1 lemma- law