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E 0406 HACK
The word " hack " is of
Germanic origin .
H 0439 ק ק ח
Concept of root : digging
with pick-axe
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ק ק ח
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ghaqaq
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to dig
out
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Related English words
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to hack
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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 ק ח
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ghaqaq
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to dig out
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gh . q . q
< *gh . q
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Middle Dutch
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haken
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haken
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to work with a pick-axe
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h . k
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English
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hack
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hack,
pick-axe
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h . k
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Proto-Semitic *GHAQ --- *HĂK- Proto-Germanic
In Hebrew, before "ghaqaq" with three consonants there must have been an original two consonant root "*GH Q" with the same meaning, from which it has been developed. This three consonant root is used in the meaning of "you have hewn ( a tomb)" in Isaia 22.16. It does not specify the instrument, but a pick-axe is also a "hack" in English and this is in Israel a fundamental instrument, used for digging out.
One should note that this same root, or perhaps an identical one, besides "to dig out, excavate" also is used to say "to engrave, carve, cut in".
Note:
Proto-Semitic is seen as having had the same root we see in Hebrew. An identical root is used in Aramaic with "GH Q Q" in "*ח ק ק, ghaqaq = "to engrave". The information is limited, but Proto-Semitic may have had "*ח ק ק, GH Q Q", and naturally the older two consonant root "*ח ק , GH Q ".
Note:
Proto-Germanic. We see Old English "haccian", Middle High and Low German and Dutch "hacken", whereas Old High German had "hackon". Proto-Germanic may have had a form "*H Ă K(K)-". We mention that an initial "KH" is often supposed, but that idea is based on the wrong supposition that Proto-Germanic should be a middle way between the normal " H " found in Germanic languages and a "corresponding" Latin " C = K ".
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Indo-European. The comparison of this entry remains between Semitic and Germanic, as so frequently happens, because there is no indication about possible cognates in other Indo-European languages.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 27/10/2012 at 11.30.26 |
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