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E 0747 (TO) RUMBLE, RUMOUR
The verb " to rumble " is, via Middle Dutch, of Germanic origin .
The word " rumour " is, via Old French, of Latin origin .
H 0803 ם ע ר
Concept of root : roar
and rumble
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ם ע ר
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ra‛am
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to
rumble, roar
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Related English words
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to
rumble
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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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ם ע ר
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ra‛am
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to rumble, roar
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r . (‛) . m
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Latin
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rumor
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rumor
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rumbling sound; shouting
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r (u) m .
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Old Norse
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rymja;
rymr
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rümya;
rü
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to roar;
roaring, loud noise
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r (u) m
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English
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to rumble
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to rumble
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r (u) m
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Dutch
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rommelen
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rommelen
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to rumble
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r (o) m
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Proto-Semitic *RA‛AM --- *RŪM- Indo-European
The loud noise that is referred to here, can be produced both by nature and by living beings. Some languages have developed more in one sense, the others in another one.
Note:
- English "to rumble" is an iterative of an older verb with basically the same message. Middle English had "romblen" and this is considered a loanword from Middle Dutch that had the verb "rommelen" as shown above. The "consonant " L " indicates the iterativity and does not belong to the original root. "Rumour " has deviated in meaning from the Latin origin .
Note:
- Latin "rumor" has acquired also other meanings, such as the one that lives on in English "rumour". In other languages though, such as Italian and Dutch, the basic message as seen in this entry, continues.
The final R is not part of the original root but a suffix for the construction of the noun.
Note:
- Proto-Germanic. Old Norse still has the very original meanings seen in Hebrew, and also others are not very far off. But in modern nouns, such as German "Rummel" and Dutch "rommel" we find a quite different message, that is "rubbish" and "mess", things that are hard to relate to "loud noise" and may have a fully different origin. In Middle Dutch there were nouns "rommelen" and "rommelinge" for "rags".
With the original message of "noise, roar" one sees Middle High German "rumelen", Old Swedish "rumbla", Middle Dutch "rommelen", all considered iterative forms. Proto-Germanic probably had a form "*R Ŏ M-".
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is seen in Aramaic and Syriac "ר ע ם , re‛èm = to roar, thunder, resound". Ethiopian "ra‛ama = he thundered". Akkadian has changed as more often the Ayin into "G" in "ragāmu = to roar, shout". This root probably was already used in Proto-Semitic "ר ע ם , R Ayin M".
Note:
- Indo-European, with the message of "to roar, bellow, howl" has a basic unit "*R Ū -" found in words in various groups, as Old Indian "ruváti = to roar", Greek "orüomai" = to roar, Old Church Slavonic "rjuvo" and again Germanic with a.o. Old English "ryan", where the " M " lacks. And they have a Hebrew cognate as well.
Latin and Germanic indicate that probably also a form "*R Ū M-" was already present in Indo-European.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 25/11/2012 at 17.42.23 |
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