Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)
- From: "Franz Gnaedinger" <frgn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Sep 2006 21:42:33 -0700
Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 32
COR ROC, CRO ORC, RCO OCR --- how the young
behave
COR --- young people; ancient Greek korae for girl,
young woman, daughter, doll, apple of the eye,
koros for young man, son, youthful, vigorous,
Latin cor for heart, soul, feeling, courage, reason,
insight, individual, person, cor meum for my heart
ROC --- the way young people behave, in puberty,
when falling in love, when quarreling, when fighting
over a woman or a man; ancient Greek rochtheo
for I rustle, roar, buzz, race, effervesce, rogalos
for torn apart (in puberty, then), English ruction
(unexplained until now), ruckus, a rocking boulder,
rock and roll, the pulsating music of my youth ...
CRO --- to beat, knock, a young heart pounding,
a quick pulse; ancient Greek krouo for I beat,
push, knock, krouros for source
ORC --- instinct, impulse, drive, desire, passion,
when the heart is beating fast, when young people
blush, when the sexual organs swell; ancient Greek
orgao for I brim (over), swell, desire vehemently,
organon in the sense of organ
RCO --- being active, youthful and passionate
activities; ancient Greek rhezo for I do
OCR--- arousal, easily being aroused, keen on;
ancient Greek okrioeis for sharp (sharp in English
also has the meaning of keen and eager, German
scharf can also mean horny, juicy, hot), okriaomai
for getting angry, akros for pointed, sharp, upper-
most, supreme, excelling
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Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 31
GYN NYG, NGY YGN, YNG GNY --- woman;
last year I gave GYN for woman, this year
I went for the permutations
GYN --- woman; ancient Greek gynae for woman
NYG --- night, time one spends with a woman,
when women have the say; ancient Greek nyx
for night, Nyx was a powerful goddess, alter ego
of Gaia, her priestesses gave oracles, Latin niger
for black (color of the night), nectar for something
sweet (a drink, a fragrance)
NGY --- pretty and clean; ancient Greek naegateos
for clean, splendid, nakae for fleece (a fleece one
wears for a cloth, or a fleece one sleeps upon)
YGN --- hygiene; form Greek
YNG --- a pregnant woman; ancient Greek enegkein
for to bear, bring, aorist of phero for I bring, having
brought, a woman who has brought a child into the
world, then, so GYN may have been a woman in
general, but especially a young mother
GNY --- child; ancient Greek gnaesios for a legitimate
child, genuine, true, consider the old saying of truth
being the child of time, German Kind for child seems
to be a variant of GYN, also English kin, kinship
Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 30
MAN NAM, MNA ANM, NMA AMN --- hand, man;
last year I gave MHAYN for the right hand, now
I simplify the word into MAN
MAN --- hand, especially the right hand, pars pro
toto for a man; Latin manus for hand, English man,
hand for a worker, German Mann for man
NAM --- name, someone worth being named and
remembered by a name; Latin nomen for name,
German Name
MNA --- virility; ancient Greek menos for a (strong)
desire, eagerness, will, purpose, intention, anger,
vitality, strength
ANM --- to carry out, effect, cause, bring about;
ancient Greek anymi anyo with the same range
of meanings. ANM was the name of the bad
months in the Celtic calendar, perhaps the ones
requiring more effort
AMN --- to sacrifice; ancient Greek amnio for
the sacrificial bowl
NMA --- to make rules; ancient Greek nomaion
for custom, usus
Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 29
RED RES, DER SER, EDR ESR, RDE RSE,
DRE SRE, ERD ERS --- holding a council in
a camp
RED --- speaker; ancient Greek rhetor for speaker,
German Rede for speech, Redner for speaker
RES --- speech, topic of a speech, concern of the
speaker; ancient Greek rhaesis for to speak, talk,
word, narration, Latin res with many meanings that
cover the topics which may have been discussed
at a council
DER --- baldric worn by a speaker at a council,
made of leather; ancient Greek derma for skin,
fur, leather, hose
SER --- necklace of a supreme ruler or shaman,
decorated with perforated shells or teeth of deer;
ancient Greek seira for rope, chain
EDR --- seat in the tent or hut wherein a council
was held, logs covered with the best hides and
furs a tribe could offer; ancient Greek hedra for
seat, chair
ESR --- elevated seat for a supreme ruler or
an arch shaman or shamaness; ancient Greek
thronos for throne
RDE --- protector of a tent or hut wherein a council
is being held; ancient Greek rhytaer for protector
RSE --- protector of a camp wherein a council is
being held; ancient Greek rhyesi-poils for the
protector of a town
DRE --- finding out what to do, coming to a conclusion,
issuing a resolution, making plans for taking action,
to plan an undertaking; ancient Greek drao for I do,
act, accomplish, dromenon for deed, undertaking,
plan
SRE --- being decided about a resolution, a plan,
an undertaking; ancient Greek zoros for strong,
powerful, vigorous, nourishing
ERD --- to carry out a resolution, a plan; ancient
Greek erdo for I do, make, act (...)
ERS --- to carry out a resolution, a plan, an
undertaking in a fresh and decided manner;
ancient Greek ersais for fresh (...), arsaen
for virile
Combine DRE for plan with IDA for happy and
you get DRE IDA for a happy plan, a good
resolution - origin of druid?
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