GR 1201          KIKÜS

H 0482              ח ו כ , ח כ

Concept of root : physical strength

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ח ו כ , ח כ

koàgh

strength

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ח ו כ , ח כ

koagh

strength

k o gh

Greek

κικυς

kikΰs

strength

k i k

 

 

Proto-Semitic *KOGH --- *KIK-ÜS Greek

 

 

The two roots do not seem too identical, but if we consider : firstly the frequent development from O into I and secondly the fact that a K at the end of a word is pronounced KH, nearly identical to GH, we see less distance. Greek scholars give "K I K-" as the root of "kiküs". We have no indication of another Greek word with a vowel " O " and related meaning.

 

Note:
  • Hebrew has also a root " כ ר ח , karagh "standing for "force" and related to other Indo-European roots.
    See entry E 0203 (Hebrew 0507).

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. This Hebrew root is present in Aramaic "כ ו ח א , koghà= strength, power". Arabic "kagha = he defeated" and "wakaha = he battered down" may be related. There is a narrow basis for a hypothesis of : "*כ ו ח ".

 

Note:
  • Greek "kiküs" has "üs" as a suffix for the shaping of a noun.

 

 

 

 
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 29/10/2012 at 9.21.10