Cane
late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane(“sugar cane”), from Latin canna(“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα(kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀(qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾(gi.na). Related to channel and canal.
etymonline
cane (n.)
late 14c., "long slender woody stem," from Old French cane "reed, cane, spear" (13c., Modern French canne), from Latin canna "reed, cane," from Greek kanna, perhaps from Babylonian-Assyrian qanu "tube, reed" (compare Hebrew qaneh, Arabic qanah "reed"), which may come from Sumerian-Akkadian gin "reed." Sense of "length of cane used as a walking stick" is from 1580s.
cane (v.)
"to beat or flog with a walking stick," 1660s, from cane (n.). Related: Caned; caning.
