GR 1190          IS, INOS

H 0044          א נ ס

Concept of root: forcing

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

א נ ס

anas

force

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

א נ ס

anas

to force

a n . s

Greek

ις,  ινος

is, inos

(with) force

i s n

 

 

Proto-Semitic *ANAS --- *IS, INOS Greek

 

 

This entry can be useful only to show how one can go wrong in etymological comparison. There can not be a common origin for these two Hebrew and Greek words. The Hebrew word has three consonants, of which the last one, the "S", is not found in Greek. The "S" we find in "inos" is not part of the root, but a suffix of this genitive form. Then according to Greek scholars, the word "is" comes from an older "wis" and is directly related to Latin "vis".

 

Note:
  • Latin has a word "vis", plural "vires", which has amongst others the meanings of "force" and "with violence". The " R " is part of the root even if it has disappeared in from the noun in singular. It is present in related, derived words. There is insufficient similarity in the root of this word.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. This root is found in Aramaic and Syriac and may have been present in Proto-Semitic : א נ ס .

 

Note:
  • Indo-European. There is outside Greek insufficient information for a hypothesis. Old Indian "váyas = strength, vigour" is related to Latin "vis" but does not have adequate similarity with either Greek or Hebrew.

 

 

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Monday 9 July 2012 at 12.48.18