GD 1089         RUYEN

H 0799             ע ר

Concept of root : loud noise

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ע ר

ré‛à

noise, uproar

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

      ע ר

ré’à

noise, uproar

r . (‛) .

Greek

αραβεω ;

-

-

αραγμος

arabeo

-

-

aragmos

to make noise, resound;

din, uproar

(‘)r . b <*(')r .

-

-

(‘)r . g <*(')r .

Middle Dutch

ruyen

r (ui)yen

to make noise

r . y

 

 

Proto-Semitic *RE'À --- *RÜY- Proto-Germanic

 

 

One of the meanings of the productive combination of these two letters ר and ע , of course written from right to left : ר ע , is that of noise in various forms. Here we have the simple noun, re'à, that stands for strong noise. It corresponds with a Dutch root and we will find in the entries E 0747 (Hebrew 0803) and GD 1045 (Hebrew 0804) two more examples, where three-consonant roots that deal with noise also correspond with old Dutch roots. Dutch has even more of these that do not have known Hebrew sisters.

 

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. Hebrew also has a root "ר ו ע , R W Ayin", expressing the concept of "to shout" and also used for the use of trumpets and horns as in war. Regretfully we have little useful information from other Semitic languages. Arabic "raghā = he cried grumbling", in which as so often the Ayin has become a "GH", is related. The root "*ר ו ע , R W Ayin" may have existed already in Proto-Semitic.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Germanic Dutch no more uses this verb. A seemingly composed verb "opruien = instigate" is of a different root, reading in Middle Dutch "opruiden".

     

    In other languages there are Old English "ryan, rynan, ryun"and Middle Low German "rüien, rügen, meaning "to roar, make noise". Proto-Germanic probably already had a form "*R Ü Y-.

 

Note:
  • Greek has followed its linguistic pleasure in enriching the root by beginning it with a confirming vowel, and as usual an A was chosen. The B is not part of the original root, as is shown by a number of other words that indicate loud noises but instead of the B have another final consonant. Such are "αραζω , arazo" for the noises dogs make, and "αραγμος , aragmos" for "din, uproar".

 

Note:
  • Indo-European . There is not sufficient information for a hypothesis and the comparison remains between Semitic and Germanic, which is very often the case.

 

 

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 25/11/2012 at 16.19.23