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E 0901 TEAT; TIT
The words " teat " and " tit
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H 0306 ד ד
Concept of root : tit
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ד ד
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dad
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teat, tit
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Related English words
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teat, tit
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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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ד ד
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dad
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tit
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d . d
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Gothic
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daddjan
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daddjan
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to suckle
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d (a) d(d)
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English
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tit
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tit
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t . t
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Welsh
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did, didi
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tit
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d . d
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Proto-Semitic *DAD --- DAD Gothic, *TIT Indo-European
In modern Hebrew we find another noun with the same meaning and even a bit nearer to English : "
ץ
י
צ , tsits ". See the entry number E 0925 (Hebrew 0610). It is possible that these different consonants have a common origin.
Also in Latin languages one finds possible cognates, like French "téton" and Italian " tetta ".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root we see in Hebrew is also present in Aramaic "ד ד א , daddŕ= = tits" , Ugaritic uses it as well and probably Akkadian "zizé = tits" and Arabic "zīza = tit " are related . Proto-Semitic may have used "*ד ד , Daleth Daleth" , and perhaps also "*ז י ז , Zain Yod, Zain".
Note:
- Proto-Germanic and Indo-European. Like in Semitic, we find brief words, like English and Dutch "tit", Olde English "titt", with variations as Middle Dutch "tet, tette". Middle High German has "zitze" in a common local development. Old High German had "tutte, tutto".
Then there are the Neo-Latin words French "tette", Italian "tetta" and Spanish "teta". Greek uses the unit "tith-" in words related to the giving of the breast by women, as foster-mother.
Indo-European probably had a form "*T I T", though also "*T È T" may have been used. The form "DAD-", found just in Gothic, is like the Hebrew word of this specific entry, but it is difficult to make out of this a further solid hypothesis. It is just a "may be".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 08/11/2012 at 16.20.59 |
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