NUMBER: 2470
PROTO: *ḳʷVṭVn-
MEANING: kind of insect
сирийский арамейский: ḳeṭṭōnā 'cimex' [Brock. 659] (not in [PS]).
геэз (древнеэфиопский): ḳʷǝṭni 'louse' [LGz. 454].
амхарский: ḳäṭṭǝnit 'kind of insect (praying mantis)' [K 839] (considered to be derived from the verbal root ḳṭn 'to be small').
NOTES: Cf. Arb. ḳtn (IV) 'tuer la teigne' [BK 1 675], [TA XXXV 527], likely related with dissimilation of emphatics. Cf. *ḳut- 'kind of insect', No. ... .
