Semantically comparable only if 'angulus oculi' is the primary meaning

    ʔV- may be a prefix or another triconsonantizer, besides w-, of the biradical stem *gVn-

    According to Leslau, < OROMO ginni). Cf. also MUH MSQ GOG SOD gunnän, CHA gunär etc. 'head' (also 'hair of head' and 'top, summit') [ibid. 284], which Leslau interprets as *gunnän proposing no etymology

    phryg. α-ζήν Akk. ἀ-ζένα `Bart' (Präfix α- und *ĝen-);

    gr. γένυς, -υος f. `Kinn, Kinnbacke' (mit sekund. ū-St.; vgl. γένειον `Kinnbart' aus *γενειον, γενηΐς, att. γενῄς f. `Schneide des Beils' aus *γενείς);

    lat. gena f. `Wange' (fur *genus nach mala), genuīnus (dens) `Backenzahn';

    air. gi(u)n `Mund', cymr. gen `Wange, Kinn', Pl. geneu, acorn. genau, bret. genou (alter Pl. *geneu̯es);

    got. kinnus f. `Wange' (*genus, *genu̯es, -nn- aus -nu̯-), anord. kinn f. `Backe, Bergabhang', ags. cinn, ahd. kinni n. `Kinn';

    toch. A śanwe-m Dual f. `Kinnbacken' (e-Erweiterung von ĝenu-).

    gonǝdh- in lit. žándas `Kinnbacke', lett. zuôds `Kinn, scharfe Kante'; maked. κάναδοι σιαγόνες, γνάθοι (vgl. Specht KZ. 59, 113¹);

    schwundstufig gr. γνάθος f., γναθμός m. `Kinnbacke' (*gnǝdh-);

    unklar ist arm. cnaut `Kinnbacke, Wange'.

    One feels tempted to compare with this root PAK *náḳʷǝ 'cheek, face' (Ad., Kab. naḳʷ - Shagirov's /1, 278/ analysis of *ḳʷǝ here as *gʷǝ 'heart, middle' is not persuasive). However, there are at once two irregularities: one which is rather common (metathesis) and another - shift of *q̇ʷ to *ḳʷ - which is more difficult to account for. We can not offer any final solution.