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E 0317 FÆGE
The Old English word " fæge " is of Germanic origin .
H 0742 ג ו
פ
Concept of root : dangerously
weak
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ג ו פ
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pog
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to
weaken, lose strength
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Related English words
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Old English fæge
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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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ג ו פ
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pog
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to weaken, lose strength
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p . g
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Old English
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fæge
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near to death;
weak
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Middle Dutch
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veich
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veigh
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near to death, weak
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v . gh
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Dutch
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veeg
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végh
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near to death, weak
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v . gh
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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.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 21/11/2012 at 14.24.27 |
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