E 0317          FÆGE

The Old English word " fæge " is of Germanic origin .

H 0742            ג ו פ

Concept of root : dangerously weak

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ג ו פ

pog

to weaken, lose strength

Related English words

Old English fæge

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ג ו פ

pog

to weaken, lose strength

p . g

Old English

fæge

near to death;

weak

Middle Dutch

veich

veigh

near to death, weak

v . gh

Dutch

veeg

végh

near to death, weak

v . gh

 

 

Proto-Semitic *POG --- *FĒG- Proto-Germanic

 

 

This entry is to be seen together with GR 1225 (Hebrew 0741). But it is quite possible that the two meanings of "pog", that are "cold" linked to Greek and "(fatal, dangerous) weakness" that corresponds to Dutch, are not of the same root, but of two similar ones.

 

Note:
  • Hebrew in modern language has also some expressions that are near the Dutch word.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. In the sense of this entry this root is also present in Aramaic "פ ו ג , pug". This is a, be it rather narrow basis for a hypothesis for Proto-Semitic : "*פ ו ג , P W G".

 

Note:
  • German. The German word "feige" has shifted its meaning away from the origin. It now stands for "vile, cowardish".

 

Note:
  • Proto-Germanic. The Old English word "fæge" has sisters in Old Saxon "fēg(i)", Old Frisian "fach" and Old Norse "feigr", with as often an extra final " R ". A hypothesis for Proto-Germanic "*F Ē G-" seems fair.

 

Note:
  • Indo-European. Regretfully we lack indications for cognates in other Indo-European groups.

 

 

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 21/11/2012 at 14.24.27