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E 0362 GAZE
The word " gaze " is of
Germanic origin .
H 0473 ה ז ח
Concept of root : to gaze
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ז ח
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ghaza
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to
behold, look, see
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Related English words
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to gaze
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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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ה ז ח
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ghaza
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to behold, look, see
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gh . z
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English
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to gaze
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to gaze
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g . z
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Proto-Semitic *GHAZÀ --- *GĀZ- Indo-European
Once more we see English and Hebrew about identical. English "to gaze" , perhaps with a sister in some Nordic dialect, has remained without any explanation of its etymology.
Important is to observe that both Hebrew and English with this root express a solid and stable way of looking .
Note:
- Hebrew. This verb in its intensive form "ghizzč", in Modern Hebrew is used to say "to foresee". A comparable meaning is seen in Arabic "ghazě = astrologer".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. Proto-Semitic is seen with the same root Hebrew still uses. But as root in both is considered " GH Z Y", on account of the fact that in a number of verbal forms , especially in the past tense, we read a letter Yod, that is pronounced as the vowel "I". We do not consider this Yod a full-fledged third root consonant . The basic root remains, for Hebrew and Proto-Semitic : "*ח ז ה , GH Z H (accentuated vowel)".
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- Proto-Germanic. The English verb "to gaze" , Middle English "gasen", has sisters in dialectal Norwegian and Swedish "gasa = to look". It is also seen in a composed word in Old Norse, "gasamr = observant, attentive". There may have a Proto-Germanic origin like "*G Ā Z-", though one should like a still wider basis of information.
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- Russian. The word "казать, kazatj shows similarity in sound, but its varied meanings recall also a nearness in message : "to show, appear, seem". It may be related to "to gaze".
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- Indo-European.
Slavic has hypotheses of "*kāzāti" and "*kāzj", with meanings similar to Russian.
Old Indian uses a comparable root both for "to look at" as in English and "to appear" as in Russian: "kāśate , dual. "caktsāthe".
Avestan "ākasat- = he observes, sees".
Indo-European may have had either "*K Ā Z-" or "*G Ā Z-" and for now we see no way to define a choice. That is, unless we let ourselves be influenced by Hebrew that makes "*G Ā Z-" more probable.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 28/10/2012 at 15.15.29 |
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