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E 0032 ANGINA
The word " angina " is, via
Latin, opf Greek origin .
H 0436 ק נ
ח
Concept of root : to throttle
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ק נ ח
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ghinnèq
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to
strangle, throttle
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Related English words
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angina
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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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ק נ ח
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ghinnèq
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to strangle, throttle
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gh . n . q
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Greek
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αγχω,
root ανχ-
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ankho
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to strangle, throttle
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a . n kh
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English
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angina
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angina
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Proto-Semitic *GHA-NAQ --- *NAKH Indo-European
The Hebrew word is the intensive form of "ghanaq", that with the same meaning is again used in Modern Hebrew. The full similarity in meaning makes us think that the Greek initial A, as often, has been added in confirmation of an existing meaning of a root "*N KH" or "*N K".
Note:
- Hebrew.
In Hebrew, the couple "N Q" is used in various roots that are related in meaning. Therefore the initial GH in "ghanaq" and "ghinneq" may have been created in diversifying . The root "*א נ ק, Aleph N Q, anaq" refers to "sighing, groaning" and, interestingly, "choking". Then "*ע נ ק, Ayin N Q, ‛anaq" means "to put around the neck" . This indicates an older two consonant root "נ ק, N Q".
Related is also entry E 0036 (Hebrew 0640), nagash, a lengthened root on the basis of "N G".
Note:
- English uses the term " angina pectoris " from Late Latin, to express a regretfully well-known
sickness that is characterized by feelings of suffocation .
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is seen in Aramaic and Syriac "ח נ ק, ghanaq = to strangle". Arabic and Ethiopian have "ghanaqa" and Akkadian "ghanaqu" with the same message. It was probably used in Proto-Semitic : "*ח נ ק, GH N Q". Referring to the remarks in the Note on Hebrew, one presumes that the older two consonant root was present in Proto-Semitic : "*נ ק, N Q".
Note:
- Indo-European . We refer to our note in entry E 0036 (Hebrew 0640), indicating a.o. an Indo-European "*N A KH-" :
- Indo-European. Celtic presents both nasalized and not nasalized roots, among which an unexplained Irish "ochte = angustia". But the supposed Celtic root for the concept of "narrow, to narrow" is "*engh-". This finds some support in Breton "enk = narrow" and Cymric "ing, yng = straits, narrow". Celtic probably had indeed "*E NG-".
Old Indian has "amhu- = narrow", "amhú- = anxiety", ""amhurá- = straitened" and "ámhas- = anxiety, trouble". The European "N" has become an "M" and the European "G/K" an "H". The root is "A MH-" and can not be considered at the origin of the other groups.
Avestan has "az-anhā = to constrain, coerce" as well as other words without the "N", as "azah- = oppression, constriction". The element "A NH- without the initial (prefix ) "AZ" seems to be related to the other Indo-European groups.
Indo-European , on the basis of Latin, Greek, Germanic, Celtic and the indications from the Eastern languages, can be hypothesized as "A NKH-", besides an older "N A KH-".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 27/10/2012 at 11.15.34 |
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