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GD 1097 SCHONEN
H 0885 ן א ש
H 0885 ן נ א ש
Concept of root : serenity
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ן א ש
ן נ א ש
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sha’an;
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sha’anan
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to be at ease, rest, rest secure;
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at ease, secure, tranquil, worryless
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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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ן ; א ש
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ן נ א ש
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sha’an;
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sha’anan
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to be at ease, at rest, rest secure;
at ease, tranquil, worryless
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sh . (’) . n
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Middle Dutch
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schonen
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sghonen
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to make stay in peace,
serenity
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sgh . n
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Dutch
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verschonen
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versghonen
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to spare, leave in peace
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sgh . n
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German
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schonen
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shonen
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to spare, respect, leave in peace
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sh . n
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Proto-Semitic *SHA'AN --- *SKŌN- Proto-Germanic
German and Dutch among the Germanic languages have conserved from certainly milennia ago this root that it shares with Hebrew. But in Old Norse there was also still the verb "skona" with the same message.
Note:
- Dutch. This word and root have no connection with the German word "schön" that means "beautiful". Dutch has a sisterword "schoon" with the same meaning, besides that of "clean", but also this is not related to the verb "schonen", that in modern Dutch has left the ground to a composite word "verschonen". Already in Middle Dutch this "verschonen" was related to the various basic meanings, of these two independent roots.
Many comments show that people are not aware of the fact that the verb "schonen" is independent from "schoon = beautiful"
Note:
- Proto-Semitic is seen as having had already this same root seen in Hebrew "*ש א ן , SH Aleph N". It is found in Syriac "ש א ן , sha'èn = he pacified". Ethiopian has the noun "sen'e = peace". It may be added that an identical root expresses "to make noise, tumult, uproar", an opposite of peace and rest.
Note:
- Proto-Germanic . Independent from the question if we have one single root or two identical roots with the different meanings of "beautiful, clean" and "to spare, leave in peace", Proto-Germanic probably had the form "*SK Ō N-" for the meaning of this entry. The way from Indo-European to Germanic has not been established.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 29/11/2012 at 14.44.26 |
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