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Hebrew
ḳayyān - one having abnormally large testicles
(Jastrow 1359)
Suggests a non-reduplicated stem underlying Sem. *ḳīḳ(-at)-, which is probably to be reconstructed as *ḳayḳay-.
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PWS
*ḳīḳ(-at)-
- egg
(SED No. 160)
A difficult case. Meanings differ substantially, though all semantic shifts appear plausible, like ‘egg’ > ‘testicle’ in Hbr. pB. (cf. Rus. яичко meaning both ‘little egg’). and ‘testiculus’).