Qanah

The word you are looking for in Proverbs 8:22 is qanah (often rendered created, brought forth) which comes from the parent root qen which means "nest" - qen in its concrete paleo applies literally as, "a gathering [the Quph - the horizon, the gathering place] for the seeds [the Nun - the seed, meaning continuance].

Just as a bird before laying eggs will go around gathering and aquiring materials and bind them together to construct a nest.

Proverbs 27:8, "As a bird that wandereth from her nest [qen], so is a man that wandereth from his place".Its child root, qanah, suffixes with the Hey, which in its paleo form was that of a little man, with his arms raised, one beholding an incredible sight. Qanah means literally, to build a nest, to bring forth from the process of gathering and acquiring in preparation for the seed of an incredible sight.

Tanakh renders qanah in Bereshit 14:19 as "Blessed be Abraham of God Most High, creator [qanah] of heaven and earth". The main usage in Ugaritic for qen, was also to "bring forth" through procedural aquiring and gaterhing - The NIV in Proverbs 8:22, renders qanah as "The Lord possessed me .." with the footnote "Or, 'The Lord brought me forth ."

God acquires things by means of creating them, which is why the LXX translates this to ektisen, which translates directly as created. Further reading, we find that Wisdom in Proverbs is spoken of as being brought forth as with labor pains (Proverbs 8:24, and again at 25), or brought to birth. The Bible in Basic English renders it here as "given birth." (The NLT, "I was born", the NIV, "I was given birth", the JPS Tanakh renders it "before the hills I was born").

The JPS Tanakh renders Proverbs 8:22, "The LORD created (qanah) me at the beginning of his course". In fact, Qanah, refers to acquisitional gathering by any means, including creation, as noted in verse 22. It is also clear from verse 23, "in the distant past I was fashioned". (JPS TNK).