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E 0738 RŌMŌN
The Old Saxon verb " rōmōn
" is of Germanic origin .
H 0183 ם ר ע
Concept of root : shrewdness
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ם ר ע
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‛aram
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to be
shrewd
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Related English words
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Old Saxon : rōmōn
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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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ם ר ע
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‛aram
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to be shrewd
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‛a r m
< * r . m
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Old Saxon
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rōmōn
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to aim at, concoct
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r . m
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Middle-Dutch
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raem
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raam
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shrewd plan
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r m
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Proto-Semitic *‛ARAM --- *RĀM- Proto-Germanic
This root specifies shrewd intelligence .
The basis of this similarity is clear, as Hebrew "*aram" has been shaped with a confirming prefix "‛A-".
Note:
- Hebrew "ע ר ם ה , ‛aréma" says "intelligence, shrewdness, prudence, perfidy" ". And in the intensive form
of another verb "*ramą" that has a root without
initial Ayin and vowel, just as the European words of this entry, we find "ר מ ה , rimmą, that says " to deceive, beguile, betray".
The basic form of this verb, "*ramą", is no more used, probably replaced by the verb of this entry, " ‛aram " that has been shaped by placing a prefix "‛A- in front of the older root "*R M". This may have taken place in two steps, the first one the adding of a vowel " A ", that would later have been indicated by a letter "Aleph", the second one by reinforcing the "Aleph" into an "Ayin".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is found also in Aramaic "ע ר י ם, arim = shrewd" and Syriac "ע ר י ם, erim = shrewd" , which gives some basis for the hypothesis that it existed as such in Proto-Semitic. Hebrew uses this or rather identical roots alsofor the concepts of " to heap up, pile up", "to lay bare, uncover" and " to staunch, stop, impede". Proto-Semitic for "shrewd, crafty" may have used the root : "*ע ר ם, Ayin R M".
Note:
- Proto-Germanic. Middle Dutch "raem" and the verb" ramen", just like Hebrew, have a range of connected meanings, especially of the kind of intelligent planning and estimating. Modern Dutch in the composed verb "beramen" = contrive, concoct" clearly continues the concept of shrewd intelligence. Old High German had a verb "rāmen" For "clever, shrewd planning" Proto-Germanic may have used "* R Ā M .
Note:
- Indo-European. We have no information available from outside Germanic that would allow a different hypothesis.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 22/12/2012 at 16.57.55 |
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