Number: 1975
Proto-Semitic: *ʕVnVḳ-
Meaning: 'female kid'
Akkadian: unīḳu 'weibliches Ziegenlamm' OAkk. on [AHw. 1420]. // In OAkk. attested as a logogram only. The earliest syllabic attestation may be the OB incantation Or. 41 344:10 (ana ... ú-niḳí-ya la wa-li-da-tim, according to von Soden, la wa-li-it-tim!).
Arabic: ʕanāḳ- 'petite chèvre qui n'a pas encore un an révolu' [BK 2 388], [Lane 2176], [LA X 274ff.] (ʔal-ʔunt_ā̀ mina l-maʕazi), [Hommel 249] ('(weibliches) zickchen').
Notes: The present comparison, proposed already by F.Hommel, seems to be a sound alternative to von Soden's derivation from еnēḳu 'to suck' (cf. [Landsberger Schafe 159]: "Warum sollte auch gerade das weibliche Tier als "Milkzicklein" bezeichnet werden?"). // [Hommel 435]: Akk., Arb.
