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PS
*škn - to place
(Kogan 2015: 219)
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PCS
*škn
- to stay, to reside
(Hasselbach–Huehnergard 2007:420; Kogan 2015: 219)
The meaning “to stay” is a passive transformation of “to place,” which is probably original for *škn in PS
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Akkadian
šakānu
- to place, to establish
(CAD Š₁ 116, AHw. 1134)