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GR 1125 AIX
H 0055 א ק ו
Concept of root : wild goat
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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א ק ו
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aqqo
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wild
goat
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Related English words
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none
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Comparison between European words and
Hebrew
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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א ק
ו
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aqqo
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wild goat
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a q o
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Greek
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αιξ, gen. αιγος
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aix, gen. aigos
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(wild) goat
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a i g
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Proto-Semitic *AQQO --- *AIK- Indo-European
In the Greek word a weight comparable to what in Hebrew is represented by the letter "waw", here pronounced "O" in "aqqo", has shifted into the initial vowel, making a diphtong.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. Proto-Semitic is seen as having used the same root that is still present in Hebrew: "* א ק ו , Alep Q W". This may be right, but we have no evidence from other Semitic languages to confirm this. Judaic Aramaic " א י ק א, "'iq'à= billy goat " may have been influenced by Hebrew. It was also used for "castrated buck".
Note:
- Indo-European. Old Indian "ajá ajā = he goat; she-goat" has changed from a K-sound into a "Y"-sound. Armenian "ayc is nearly identical to Greek. It is probable that Indo-European had a form "AI K-.
Then there is a second group of words, probably related to Hebrew " ע ז, ‛ez = goat". See entry (Hebrew 0224A, PAGE IN PREPARATION) . Related Indo-European words are Slavic "*āzj" and Baltic "*āzjia" and Old Indian "edha = ( a kind of) ovine". There may have been an Indo-European "A Z- = goat, ovine".
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Monday 16 September 2013 at 14.16.59 |
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