... The words KANH/qaneh fulfill the conditions
sufficiently that scholars probably conclude that they are probable
borrowings.
Perhaps KANNA is to be explained as borrowed from an Assyrian/Babylonian
plural. According to Fox, the "broken plural" for "fathers" was Bab. abbu,
Ass.
abba:u (from 'abum), for "brothers" axxu: from axum (a reflex of which
may exist
in Hebrew), for "trees" iccu: from icum. So, it is possible that by
comparison,
(Akk developed the word into qanu) the Akkadian plural for "reed" was qannu or
qanna'u. But the easiest thing is to just check. ...
... An example like
this would still
show that Cannabis is not to be derived from qneh bo&em. ...
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