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E 0515 KYPHOSIS
The word " kyphosis " is a loanword from Greek .
H 0499 ף פ כ
Concept of root : bending
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ף פ כ
ף פ כ ו
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kaphaph;
kophèph
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to
bend;
he bent, curved
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Related English words
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kyphosis
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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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ף פ כ
ף פ כ ו
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kaphaph;
kophèph
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to bend;
he bent, curved
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k . ph .ph <
k .
ph
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Greek
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κυπτω;
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κυφος
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küpto;
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küphos
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to incline, bend down;
bent
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k . p ;
k . ph
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Proto-Semitic *KAP(H)À --- **KÜPH-OS Greek
The Greek and Hebrew basic roots are identical with "K P", of which the P due to its position may become and in fact has become PH.
Note:
- Greek "κυφος , küphos " is an example of how the consonant P may live the same adventures in both Greek and Hebrew, becoming PH between two vowels.
The T as in the verb "küpto" is used in Greek also to emphasize an action, like is done in Latin.
Note:
- English "kyphosis" is a loanword, the Greek word is "κυφοσις , küphosis" " having a bent back " . It indicates in English a special rearward convexity of the spine .
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is, with two consonants K P or three consonants K P P as in Hebrew, present in various languages. Aramaic has " כ פ ף, kephaph " , Syriac "כ ף , kaph". Arabic "kaffa = he bent" and Akkadian "kapāpu = he bent, curved". This root was probably used in Proto-Semitic, certainly as a two consonant root "*כ פ ה , K P H (accentuated vowel)", perhaps already as well as a three consonant root "*כ פ ף , K P P".
The one or two consonants " P " are pronounced " PH " in Hebrew and Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic, but in Akkadian we see an unchanged " P " . This means that the change from " P " into " PH ", that anyhow also in Hebrew not conquered all forms ( doubled " P " does not change ), may have begun in Proto-Semitic. In the above comparison we maintain both alternatives .
Note:
- Indo-European. From outside Greek we lack indications for possible cognates in other Indo-European languages.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 25/01/2013 at 16.29.44 |
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