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GR 1122 AIGANEČ
H 0437 ת י נ ח
Concept of root : javelin
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ת י נ ח
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ghanit
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javelin
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Related English words
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none
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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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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ת י נ ח
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ghanit
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javelin
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gh . n
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Greek
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αιγανεη
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aiganeč
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javelin
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a g . n .
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Proto-Semitic *GHAN-I-T --- *AI-GAN-E-È Greek
This Greek word probably is enjoying an initial confirmative vowel A, called "alpha epitaktikč". This does not explain why there is also an I with this alpha. Usually this is an accentuating of the weight of the used vowel, mostly an " A " . And the similarity is strong with Hebrew. The final part of "ghanit" is just a suffix for a feminine noun.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This Hebrew noun is of uncertain origin. If, as some suppose it has its name as " the flexible one" from an old meaning of the root " GH . N (Y)", it is related to Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic where that root is also found. Proto-Semitic would then probably have had this same root. "*ח נ(י), GH N (Y)".
Note:
- Indo-European. There is no known etymology for the Greek word of this entry. Some have tried to link it to "aix" = "goat", but that is just a wild shot. No indication for cognates in Indo-European tongues seems available.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 27/10/2012 at 11.18.35 |
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