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E 0405 GUSH
The word " gush " is of
Germanic origin .
H 0383 ם ש ג
Concept of root : rain
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ם ש ג
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geshem
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rain
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Related English words
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to gush
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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 ש ג
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geshem
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rain
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g . sh . m
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English
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to gush
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gush
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g . sh
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Middle Dutch
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guysen
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g(ui)sen
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to pour, gush (sp. rain)
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g . s
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Dutch
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gutsen; gieten
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ghәtsen; ghiten
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to gush (sp.rain); pour
(rain),
pour
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g . ts ;
g . t
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German
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giessen
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gissen
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to pour
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g . s
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Proto-Semitic *GASHAM --- *GŬS- Proto-Germanic
The difference between Hebrew and the Germanic words lies in the third consonant, present in Hebrew but not in Germanic. In this case we do not know of other Hebrew roots that may help in defining the origin of the actual one.
It is quite probable that , further back, also the Latin word "gutta" = "drop" and consequently Italian "gotta" and "goccia" are related to this entry, but their meaning in that case has traveled in a very different direction.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. Ugaritic used this same root and it may well have been present in Proto-Semitic : "*ג ש ם, G SH M" .
Note:
- Proto-Germanic. We have not much information for a solid hypothesis on a Proto-Germanic root that is at the basis of the Germanic words of this entry, especially about words with specific reference to the phenomenon of rain. There is Old High German giozan = to pour", and "to rain (hard)" is expressed in various languages by such words. And Old Norse "gjōsa = to stream", another concept to express hard raining. There may have been a Proto-Germanic "*G Ŭ S-", but this remains rather uncertain.
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- Indo-European. We have no information from other Indo-European groups regarding possible cognates. Our comparison has to be between Semitic and Germanic, as so often is the case.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Monday 9 July 2012 at 15.49.34 |
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