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E 0107 BOOTH
The word " booth " is of
Germanic origin .
H 0297 ת י ב
Concept of root : dwelling
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ת י ב
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bait
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house
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Related English words
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booth
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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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ת י ב
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bait
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house
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b y t
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Italian
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baita
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baita
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small house in mountains
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b i t
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Old Danish
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both
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bot
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dwelling
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b . t
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Middle Dutch
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boede
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bude
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small house
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b . d
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English
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booth
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booth
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b . th
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Lituanian
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butas
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butas
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house
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b . t
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Proto-Semitic *BŌT --- *BŌD Indo-European
It is surprising to find so many words related to Hebrew "bait" , a word that at first sight would seem far away from western "house" and "casa" . But in entry E 0463 (Hebrew 0456) we see that also these two Indo-European words have their kinship in Hebrew. A bit odd is though the fact that in Hebrew itself the word "baita" of this entry seems a lonely performer. That is, no verb or composed word from the same root is found .
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. The root is considered to be the same as in Hebrew. We see it in Aramaic "ב י ת א, beit'à", Arabic"bayt" and Akkadian "bītu". It has cognates in Syriac "ב ת , bat" , Phoenician and Ugaritic, both with the root "ב ת , bat" . Proto-Semitic certainly had the two consonant root "*ב ת ", and may have had "*ב ו ת", with the "W" pronounced as a vowel "O, bōt".
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- Proto-Germanic. Besides the words in the above table there is modern German "Bude = hut, barrack, booth, room", that comes from Middle High German "buode", with Middle Low German "bōde". Old Norse has the word "byð" and Old Saxon "bōd-". For Proto-Germanic an initial consonant "B" and a final consonant "D" are probable. The fact that in Middle Dutch there are more variations, also with a final "T", does not change this. Dutch pronounces a final " D " clearly as " T ", and that influenced spelling. The vowel between the two consonants may have been either a long "O" or a long "U": "B Ō D-" or "B Ū D-
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- Greek. Greek has for "house" as the most common word " σ π ι τ ι, spiti " , that might give the impression, if the initial " S " as so often would be a neutral prefix, of a cognate of the words of this entry. But it is a shorter version of a loanword from Latin "hospitium", that has nothing to do with this entry.
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- Slavic. In Russian we find the word " б у д к а, budka = booth, watchhouse, sentry-box", which looks alike, but it may be related to " б у д и т ь, buditj = to wake, waken, rouse, call up". Polish has "budka" with the same meaning as Russian, but also "buda" with the same meanings as German "Bude", so that this "buda" seems a loanword from German, living together with the non-related but similar Slavic word "budka". But then again we see Polish "budowla, budynek = building" and the related verb "budowac = to build". In Czech a "building" is a "budova", "bouda = hut, stall, booth" and "budka = booth". For "to awake = probudit , as with Polish "budzič = to awake" we are together with Russian again. There may have been a Slavic "*B U D-" carrying the meanings of "to build" and "building".
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- Indo-European. Old Irish has ">both = house" and Lituanian "butas = house". Together with Germanic and Slavic that points towards an Indo-European form "*B Ō D-" or "*B Ū D-" , but one should like to have some further support from other groups of languages.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 11/10/2012 at 17.17.43 |
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