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E 0914 THIS , THESE
The word " this " is of Germanic origin .
H 1076 ה ז ה , ה ז
Concept of root : this
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ז ה
, ה ז
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zé, hazé
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this
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Related English words
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this, these
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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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ה ז ה
, ה ז
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zé, hazé
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this
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z . ;
h . + z .
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English
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this, these
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this;
these
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th . + s . ;
th . + z .
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Dutch
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deze
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déze
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this
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d . + z .
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German
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diese
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děze
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this
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d . + z .
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Proto-Semitic *ZE --- (DE)-ZE Dutch < *-SĔ Proto-Germanic
This entry is related to E 0013 (Hebrew 0413) and should be seen together with it.
The German and Dutch words are used always together with the article " de-", respectively "die-", in one single word. These articles have their Hebrew counterpart in "
ה , ha ". But in Hebrew the word "zé " is also used without the article.
The little word parts "zé" are anyhow identical in sound and meaning between Hebrew and Dutch.
Note:
- Proto-Germanic and Indo-European. In other languages of Germanic origin one sees related words. The composition is always that of the articles with the demonstrative part S or Z. The melting has had the effect of shifting the variations between the cases to the end of these small composed words. In English one sees "this" and "these". The two parts of the words "deze", German "diese", English "these" and many other older and newer versions, have grown together so solidly that flexions shifted to the second part. The last part presumably was present in Proto-Germanic as "*S Ĕ".
There is no indication towards possible cognates in other branches of Indo-European. The comparison stays between Semitic and Germanic.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This pronoun with "ז , Z" is found in Phoenician, Ethiopian and Aramaic, that also has words with "D", as does Ugaritic "d = who, which". Arabic "dhā" has the not unusual related "DH" . Possibly pronouns with D and with Z both existed in Proto-Semitic, as they are seen in Germanic languages .
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 20/12/2012 at 9.54.20 |
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