Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)
- From: "Franz Gnaedinger" <frgn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 23 Jul 2006 23:47:03 -0700
Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 11
LAD LAS, DAL SAL, DLA SLA, ALD ALS, LDA LSA,
ADL ASL --- landscape, D-words denote human zones,
S-words denote divine zones. The words may be
pronounced with a clicking L:
LAD or )AD --- hill, slope; ancient Greek lophos of hill,
English ladder
LAS or )AS --- mountain; ancient Greek laas for stone,
rock, cliff
DAL or DA) --- valley; German Tal for valley
SAL or SA) --- water in a valley, swamp, pond, river,
lake, sea; ancient Greek salos for swaying, especially
of the sea
DLA or D)A --- flat river bank; ancient Greek delta
SLA or S)A --- shine and glitter of the water; ancient
Greek selas for shine, light, ray, spark
ALD or A)D --- steep river bank, high from below,
deep from above, a vide view over the river valley
from above; ancient Greek aldaesco for I grow,
Latin altus for high, deep, wide (...)
ALS or A)S --- shine of sun, moon, stars, from above;
ancient Greek alaes for the sun at noon
LDA or )DA --- deep water; ancient Greek laitma for deep
(depth of the sea)
LSA or )SA --- river in the Underworld, along which the
sun horse and moon bull traverse the earth; ancient Greek
Lethae for the river in the Hades
ADL or AD) --- hidden; ancient Greek adaela for hidden
ASL or AS) --- invisible; ancient Greek aizaelos for
invisible
AD LAS --- toward (ad) mountain range (las), Eurasian
steppes oriented toward the Caucasian mountain range,
origin of Atlas, Atlantis ...
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Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 10
DIG SIG, GID GIS, DGI SGI, IGD IGS, GDI GSI,
IDG ISG --- human relations, give and take
DIG --- finger; Latin digitus for finger
SIG --- a sign drawn with a finger: Latin signum for
sign, signal, ancient Greek sigae for silent (a sign
being a silent message)
GID --- give and get; ancient Greek kaedeia for kin,
giza for treasure room
GIS --- a gesture, a sign given with a part of the body,
a finger, the face; Latin gestus for gesture, English kiss
DGI --- all the ten fingers, plenty; ancient Greek deka
for ten
SGI --- kinship; ancient Greek sygenneia for kinship
IGD --- plead; ancient Greek iketeia for plead
IGS --- being able to grant a plead, having plenty,
being magnaninous; ancient Greek hikanos for plenty,
portly, able (...), eikosi for twenty
GDI --- neighbor; ancient Greek geitniao for I am
a neighbor
GSI --- brother, sister; ancient Greek kasis for brother,
sister, gaetheo for I am pleased
IDG --- intelligent, sensible, clever, prudent; ancient
Greek idya with the same range of meanings
ISG --- strong, powerful, healthy, wealthy, to be
someone, being able and capable; ancient Greek
ischyos with the same range of meanings
Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 9
PhAI --- beauty of a well built camp, the shining hides
of the tents and huts greeting returning hunters from
afar, welcoming them home; ancient Greek phaino
for I shine
IAPh --- to enjoy life in the camp, feeling safe, sleeping
in peace; ancient Greek iauo for I spend the night, sleep,
rest, enjoy
PhIA --- drinking a bowl of berry wine before going to bed;
ancient Greek phiala for drinking bowl
AIPh --- spending the night in a camp; ancient Greek
euphronae for serenity, pleasure, joy
IPhA --- to wake up in the morning, refreshed, one's
powers restored; ancient Greek iphi for powerful,
with strength, iphthimos for strong, full of power, fit,
brave
APhI --- to leave a camp in the morning; ancient Greek
aphesis for sending off, start (...), aphexis for going
away (...)
ChAI --- fine weather, sunshine; ancient Greek chairo
for I enjoy, chairon for glad, with pleasure, healthy
IACh --- thunderstorm; ancient Greek iacho for I shout,
roar, call loudly, make loud sounds, patter, pelt, rage,
also iachazo for I jubilate
IChA --- getting dry; ancient Greek ichano for I dry up
AChI --- swelling water; a brook or a river filled with rain,
a swlling mountain river rushing down a gorge; ancient
Greek agineo for I lead, accompany, bring, bring by,
age for let us go, move on, Latin agilis for mobile, agile,
quick (...)
ChIA --- rain; ancient Greek cheo for I pour
AICh --- to enjoy good weather, sunshine, but also rain
in a dry period; ancient Greek euios for cheering, shouting
(of joy), exult, Latin ajo pronounced aijo for I say yes
Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 8
MAI --- zone of women; ancient Greek maimao for I desire
very much, maia for little mother, midwife, Latin Maja or
Majja for the goddess of the earth
IAM --- pleasure, comfort, relief and healing a hunter finds
in the female zone of the camp; ancient Greek iama for
remedy, healing
MIA --- a girl or a young woman reaching sexual maturity;
ancient Greek miaio for I color, tinge, dye, stain (..., would
here refer to menstruation blood), Latin Mia for one of the
three graces
AIM --- (menstruation) blood; ancient Greek haima for
blood, sex, life, force (...)
IMA --- love; ancient Greek himeiro for I long, desire,
wish, himeiros for lovely, charming, sweet, longing,
touching, homeiros for longing, desire, love, charm
AMI --- friend, lover; Latin amicus, amica
TAI --- clothes made of stripes of hides; ancient Greek
tainia for ribbon, tainioo for I adorn with ribbons
IAT --- stripes of fine leather used for winding around
a wound; ancient Greek iataer for doctor, medicine
TIA --- headgear of a ruler; ancient Greek tiara
AIT --- to ask a ruler for one's share in hides; ancient
Greek aiteo for I sak, request, aitia for share
ITA --- young animals providing fine leather, became
the word for calf in later pastoral communities; ita
a word root for young
ATI --- grown up animals, providing hides, fur and leather,
became a word for bull in later pastoral communities;
Etruscan athi for bull
ATI CA --- bull sky, heavenly bull, Atttika ruled by the
Zeus bull
ITA CA --- calf sky, sons of the Zeus bull, perhaps the
ancient name of the Peloponnese, preserved in Ithaca
ITA LIA --- calf safe, very safe - land where the calves
were savely protected, well guarded, thriving and multiplying,
Italia was originally the southern part of the "boot," famed
as land of the many calves. Vitulus for calf may then be
a later overforming of ITA
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