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Mehri
ḳátnəm - to collect fodder
(ML 232)
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*ḳnm
- to feed
(Kogan 2015:561)
The origin of Proto-MSA *ḳnm ‘to feed’ is unknown, although an ultimate connection with the Proto-MSA *ḳny ‘to rear’ is not unlikely (Kogan 2015:561).