Where does “قان” come from?
قان (Arabic) comes from Arabic قين, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
قان (Arabic): to forge, to smith; to assemble, to arrange, to get together into order
Definitions
- to forge, to smith; to assemble, to arrange, to get together into order
Ancestry of “قان”, step by step
قان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic قين
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قين | smith; blacksmith; second-person feminine plural... |
| 2 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 4 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |
via Proto-Turkic Kiān
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | Kiān | — |