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E 0699 PRICK
The word " prick " is of
Germanic origin .
H 0274 ן ק
ר
ב
Concept of root : pricking
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ן ק ר ב
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barqan
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prickly
thorn
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Related English words
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to
prick
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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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ן ק ר ב
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barqan
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prickly thorn
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b r q
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English
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to prick
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to prick
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p r ck
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Hebrew *BARAQ --- *BROK- Indo-European
The final N in this Hebrew word is a suffix used to shape a noun that indicates the actor in the action of a verb that is at the base of the root. In this case the "thorn that pricks". In practice this verb, meaning " to prick " and that should have been "baraq" , is not found and thus must have disappeared, leaving only the noun in heredity.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. The Hebrew word is of unknown origin and so there is no basis for a hypothesis regarding Proto-Semitic.
Note:
- Proto-Germanic. In about all older Germanic languages the group "P R I K-" for "to prick" is present, with the exception of Old Saxon that showed a vowel " E " in prekunga". The hypothesis for Proto-Germanic is "*PR I K-".
Note:
- Indo-European. Loanwords from Germanic are seen as having entered into Celtic, like Welsh "pric = stick, brooch" and Irish "prioca = sting, sharp point", but this remains uncertain, when again Old French "broc", leading to French "broche = brooch, roasting-spit, needle", that has given English "broach", is considered to have been loaned from a Gallic "*broccos". Already Late (medieval) Latin had "broc(c)a, broccia = roasting spit". Less convincing is the idea that these words, to which also belongs Italian, "brocco, brocca = needle, spit", would come from Latin "broccus = having protruding teeth" like a badger, that is a "brocc" in Old Irish.
Remains a difference of opinion which group is more original with a "B R O K-" for needles and spits, Latin or Celtic. And then the probability is that both are just each other's cognates. Proto Germanic with the explosive labial and vowel " I " should be a later development. The hypothesis for Indo-European is "*BR O K-".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 10/10/2012 at 10.36.37 |
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