THE MYTH OF HUNDRED - THE FIGURES
1. Common LATIN roots, beginning with the letter “H”.
TOTAL LOANWORDS
LATIN ROOTS ROOTS SPELLED EITHER
FROM
GREEK WITH “H” WITH or WITHOUT “H”
88 36 42 10
LATIN H AND GERMANIC H
Of the LATIN roots beginning with “H”, some have a Germanic counterpart
with the same “H”.
They are five or perhaps six in Dutch:
L A T I N | D U T C H | E N G L I S H | cognates or meaning |
| | | |
habere | hebben | to have | (cognate) |
haemon | heem | home | (cognate) |
halare | (adem)halen | to breathe | (meaning) |
herus | heer | gentleman | (meaning) |
hinnio | hinniken | to neigh | (meaning) |
| | to whinny | (cognate) |
hodie | heden | today | (meaning) |
LATIN H AND GERMANIC G
Some others have a Germanic counterpart that begins with “G”,
practically the opposite
of the supposed “centum=hundred” rule. We compare
again with Dutch :
haedus | geit | geit | (cognate) |
helvus | geel | geel | (cognate) |
heri , hesterno | gisteren | yesterday | (cognate) |
hostis | gast | guest | (cognate)) |
2. Common LATIN roots, beginning with the letter “C”
There may be some difference of opinion as to the exactness of the
numbers, depending on precise definition of the word “root”. We
consider as “one” in this respect all words on the same basis, such as cura, curans, curatio, curator, curatura, curitare, curare. We have left out the roots with CH and CY, all
typically Greek of origin.
Beginning with CA
CE CI CL
CO CR
CU TOTAL
Greek loans 21
8 5 3
10 5 7 59
Latin 63 17 15 14 23 16 21
169
Germanic sisters
with “H” 5 4 - - 4
- 1
14
T O T A L 84 25 20 17 33 21
28
228
The figures show that only a very small minority of Latin roots
beginning with “C” respond to the so-called “centum-hundred”-rule. We are at
6% of the total, and of 8% of the pure Latin roots. This is not enough to claim a “rule”, nor can it be a basis for
conclusions regarding the origin or spelling of other roots.
LATIN C AND GERMANIC H
The 14 roots for which we have found Germanic sisters beginning
with “H” are :
L A T I N | D U T C H | E N G L I S H |
word | word | word/meaning |
| | | |
caelum | hemel | heaven |
canis | hond | hound |
capio | hebben | to have, to take (no cognate) |
caput | hoofd | head |
casa | huis | house |
celare | helen | helan (OE) |
centum | honderd | hundred |
cerebrum | hersenen | hern, brain |
cervus | hert | hartdeer |
collum | hals | heals, neck |
cor , cordis | hart | heart |
cornu | hoorn | horn |
coxa | Haechse * | hip, lower leg ( no cognate ) |
culmus | halm | halm |
* This word
is German only
HEART AND
WOMB : A SPECIFIC COMMENT
HEART . COR , the
Latin word for “heart “, seen in the last of the above lists, has the genitive
form “cordis “ . Indeed this makes the picture more clear .
In Similarities Hebrew 0510 (E 0434) and Hebrew 0509 (E 0151)
we have made comparisons between the Hebrew word “ kares
“ for “belly “ and several Indo-European words, such as Greek “κρεας” in Hebrew 0509 and English “ heart
“ in Hebrew 0510 . We mention “ κηρ “, but also the interesting version “ κραδίη
“
It is essential that people have ascribed
various characteristics regarding the human being ,
such as the seat of life , to different internal parts , such as heart, liver
and belly . The subject is also
considered in Similarity Hebrew 0533 (E 0536) that has its sisters in the numbers Hebrew 0534 (E 0547) and Hebrew 0535 (E 0537).
WOMB .
The Sanskrit word “gárbham
= heart “ having the Akkadian
cognate “ qerbam = womb , is an eye-opener . Without sufficient knowledge
, we may dare presume that the roots are respectively “ g . r b” and “q . r b” .
In Similarity Hebrew 0816 (E 1009) we have presented a
comparison between Hebrew “reghem” and a number of
Indo-European words. We suppose there a metathesis , a
change of position leading to the Hebrew
root “ r . gh . m “ and the Dutch “ k r . m”. As usual Hebrew will use two vowels between three
consonants ( reghem) ,
whereas Dutch uses only one vowel ( kraam ) .
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