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Family name Paul Arberman
Non Hebrew word.: can
Hebrew word: Kinyan
What is the connection you see? I began thinking
of the term "canon of literature" and wondered about
its origin. I then learned that the ancients would
place sacred texts into clay vessels and partially
bury them (as in the Dead Sea scrolls). I then
realized that these were "receptacles" just as to
purchase in Hebrew is the same word "liknot" to
receive. Or "a man "koneh/receives" a woman in
three ways" according to ancient Jewish law. It was
not a far jump to can, canoli, canyon, canoe,
cannon, etc. as words than fit with receptacle. I
got more.
Dear Paul:
Some good detective work. Undoubtably you'll be able
to be a listed contrinutor for the historic dictionary
that now has 24,000 links from Biblical Hebrew.
To show you how many words come from Koof-Noon-Hey
(reed), here is the "CANE" entry.
Best, Isaac
TRANSLITKEY -- Key to romanized Hebrew:
Vowels in lower case. Root letters in Upper Case.
Alef = A or ANY UPPER CASE VOWEL,
Bet = B, Bhet = BH,
Gimel = G or J,
Dalet = D,
Hey = H,
Vav = V,W, OO or OA,
Zayin = Z,
Het = [K]H or K [H],
Tet = DT,
Yod = Y,
Kahf = K,
Khaf = KH,
Lamed = L,
Mem
= M,
Noon = N,
Samekh = $,
Ayin = bracketed,
upper case [VOWEL] or
GH,
Pey = P,
Phey = PH or F,
Tsadi = TS (always read ST in
European),
Koof = Q,
Raish = R,
Shin = SH, Sin = S,
Tahf = T, TH or (S)
CANE Koof-Noon-Hey QaNeH
CON-EH_______________________[KNH]
ROOTS: The so-called IE root kanna (a reed) is
admitted to be "of Semitic origin." Babylo-Assyrian
qanu (pipe) is cited rather than QaNeH (reed, tube,
stem, the "stalk" of Genesis 41:5, the "shaft" of
Exodus 25:31, and the "branch" of Exodus 25:32).
KaNeH is a stalk or root (Psalms 80:16) and KaiN is a
base or foot (of a laver).
BRANCHES: Directly attributed to Greek kanna (reed,
cane), the AHD only lists 7 cognates of CANE: CANAL,
CANISTER, CANNELON, CANYON, CHANNEL, KENNEL, and (with
Greek kanon meaning rod or rule) CANON- as in Biblical
CANONIZATION. Most C-A-N- words in English derive from
the versatile Hebrew etymon above, a CAN is a tubular
container or CANISTER. QaQaN means container, and is
an Arabic extension of QaNeH (tube). Longer and larger
"cans" include the CANNIKIN, CANNON, CANNULA and
CANOPICURN. Weaving the reed (KANEH) to larger
containers will yield the CANASTA (basket, and later
card game) and CANEPHOROS. Weaving rushes in wider,
flatter shapes will produce a CANAPE, CANCEL (lattice,
grating-thus a verb of crossing out), and CANOPY. To
CANE is also a verb of beating with a stick.
CANEBRAKE, CANELLA and CANEPHOROS are more words
linked to reeds and woven wicker (from reeds).
CANAPE and CANOPY also recall KaNaF (extremity,
wing)^×a cousin of QaNeH (branch, extension). Other
possibilities include CANT HOOK, CANTEEN, CANTHUS,
CANTINA, CANTILEVER, CANTLE, CANTO (angle, corner),
and CANTON (a political branch).
For sugar CANE and CANE SUGAR return to QaNeH (stalk,
stem), reinforced by KaNeH (base, post, upright).
QaNeH is a pipe too, and to pipe or produce shrill
sounds with our widpipe, may be the KN source of all
CANOROUS or CANTORIAL activity by a CHANTEUSE CHANTING
a CHANSON - or that of a CANARY or CHANTICLEER
(rooster). CAN-CAN and CHANTAGE involve the "singing"'
of tattling and blackmailing. CANT is traced to the
whining singsong of beggars. There's also the CANTATA,
CANTICLE, CANTO, CANTUS, and CANZONE(T). For the IE
root kan (to sing) and QeeYNaH (dirge) see "KEEN."
Hungarian enekel (to sing) might be a reversed K-N
singing term.
Returning to branches, bough in Polish is konarm. A
canal (kanat in Arabic) is a kanova in Finnish.
See "CANDY," "CANOE," and "CINNAMON." See "OCEAN" for
more on CAN or CANISTER.
A Chinese rod is a kan; the Thai equivalent is kahn.
Kano in Hawaiian is a large, hard stem or a tool
handle. QaYiN is a cane-like spear (II Samuel 21:16);
the Arabic QeeYN is a cane or spear.
CANVAS is from Latin cannabis (hemp) and the IE root
kannabis (hemp - a late IE word borrowed from an
unknown source).
QaNBOO$ is an early post-Biblical term for CANNABIS or
hemp. Other Mishnaic variants sound like K'NOOBHeS and
KaNaBHOOS. The word HEMP is traced to Greek kannabis
and Persian kanab (notice the K to H change, as well
as the more common N to M and B to P Grimm's Law
changes). The ultimate etymon is conceded by Webster's
to be "a very early borrowing from a non-IE, possibly
Semitic, language." A probable source of CANNABIS is
either QaNeH BoSeM Exodus 30:24 , see BALSAM or
N/L confusion with CALAMUS see CALAMUS (A).
In seeking Semitic words related to QaNVOAS (hemp),
consider Aramaic QaNaBH (to trim, prune^×possible
source of NIP and NIBBLE) and QaNeH (stalk, stem,
reed). See SCION.
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