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RU 1269 POLUTSHATJ
H 0550 ח ק
ל
Concept of root : obtaining
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ח ק ל
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laqagh
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to
take, receive
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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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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ח ק ל
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laqagh
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to take, receive
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l . q . gh
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Russian
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получать
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polutshatj
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to take, receive
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l . tsh
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Proto-Semitic *LAQAGH < *LAQÀ --- *PO-LŪTSH-ATJ Russian
This entry can be seen as linked to entry GR 1207 (Hebrew 0547 , lakhad) . The similarity of this entry lies in a common two-consonant root "*L Q*. Let us see the various elements.
Note:
- Russian "polutshatj" has a prefix "PO" that in this case seems not to change but to reinforce the basic concept of the root it has been added to. It also has a suffix "ATJ" that creates the infinitive of a verb. The central part, "LUTSH", ends with a sound that often corresponds with G, K or Q in Germanic languages or as here, Hebrew.
It must be noted that a similar "luūtsh" as a noun says "ray, beam" and is related to Latin "lux" for "light", without any relation to "to take".
Note:
- Hebrew "laqagh" has a related or sister-word "
ל
ק
ט" ,
"laqath", that stands for "to collect, gather", which is an action of taking many times something. This indicates that there must have been an older two-consonant-root "*L Q" or rather "L . Q . H (accentuated vowel)". And such a root corresponds with the Russian root "L . TSH".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic.
This root is known in Phoenician "ל ק ח , L Q GH = to take" and Aramaic "ל ק ח , leqagh = to take". Ugaritic uses the same root and meaning. A similar root "L Q H" in Arabic "laqihat" says " to conceive, to impregnate" and an Ethiopian one means " to lend". Both are too far off to be considered as the same root. Then one sees Akkadian with "laqū = to take", with the shorter two consonant root we hypothesized here above for Hebrew . One may conclude that Proto-Semitic probably had both the original "* ל ק , L Q " and the later developed "*ל ק ח , L . Q . GH ".
Note:
- Indo-European. We have no information outside Russian that allows us to make a hypothesis for Indo-European.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 04/11/2012 at 16.53.56 |
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