From an unused root (meaning to erect); cinnamon bark (as in upright rolls) -- cinnamon.
H7076. qinnamon
קִנָּמוֺן noun masculine cinnamon (probably foreign word, coming with the thing from remote East, compare M'Lean-ThDyerEncy Bib. under the word; compare with Malay kainamanis by RöThes. Add. 111, k¹yü m¹nIs LewyFremdw. 37, but only k¹yu, wood, given by ScottMal. Words in Eng. JAOS xviii, {1896, 1897}; Greek κιννάμων from Hebrew (against Lag BN 199)); — fragment bark used as spice: absolute ׳ק Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 4:14; construct קִנְּמָןבֶּֿשֶׂם Exodus 30:23(P) cinnamon of sweet odour. — See also Houghton-TrSmith D B under the word PostHastings DB under the word
קנן (√ of following; meaning? Late Hebrew קֵן nest, Assyrian ‡innu, kannu, nest, family; Aramaic קִנָּא nest).