Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)

Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 38

My reconstruction of the lunisolar calendar of
Lascaux from last year led me to an experimental
reconstruction of Magdalenian. Now my linguistic
work of this year led me to a late Magdalenian
calendar:

IAS 1-36 (January 9 till February 13), coldest
time of the year, when many get ill, hence IAS
for healing

CED 1-37 (February 14 till March 22), a time
when the provisions get scarce and people
have to care for each other, hence CED for
to care; the spring equinox occurs by the end
of this period (March 21)

PhON 1-36 (March 23 till June 3), spring comes,
a lot of noise and bustle in the camp, hence
PhON for noise

DKO 1 - 37 (April 28 till June 3), time when one
can leave the winter camp, hence DKO for the
walls and roof of the tent or hut one can leave,
perhaps with a ceremony

PAS 1 - 36 (June 4 till July 9), time when one
roams the land, hence PAS for everywhere
(in a plain); midsummer occurs in the middle
of this period (June 21)

SAI 1 - 37 (July 10 till August 15), warmest time
of the year, lovely summer, hence SAI for life,
existence (inverse of IAS)

SAP 1 - 36 (August 16 till September 20), the
world in more dimensions, hence SAP for all
the places in the world: here, south and north
of me, east and west of me, under and above
me (inverse of PAS), origin of September

OKD 1 - 37 (September 21 - October 27), time
for to build a winter camp, or to renovate the
old one, hence OKD for the ground plan of a
tent or hut (inverse of DKO), origin of October;
the autumn equinox occurs by the begin of
this period (September 23)

NOPh 1 - 36 (October 28 till December 2),
time of the first snow, hence NOPh for to snow
(inverse of PhON), origin of November

DEC 1 - 37 (December 3 till January 8), time
one spends in the camp and has to behave,
hence DEC for decent (inverse of CED),
origin of December; midwinter occurs in the
middle of this period (December 21)

A year has 365 regular days and requires
one leap day every fourth year.

Regards Franz Gnaedinger www.seshat.ch



Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 37

CED CES, DEC SEC, CDE CSE, EDC ESC,
DCE DSE, EDC ESC --- giving shelter

CED --- to care for people, inviting them;
ancient Greek kednos for caring, reasonable,
good, honorable, dear

CES --- belt worn by a high ranking person,
especially the ruler of a tribe; ancient Greek
kestos for belt

DEC --- being a decent person, helping others
when they are in need, a life savior; ancient
Greek decus for decency, honor (...), consider
also decorated for honored

SEC --- providing shelter in the safety of a
camp; ancient Greek saekos for enclosure,
Latin securus for safe

CDE --- cooking pit, laid out with leather, filled
with water and food, wamed up with stones
rolled in from a fire; ancient Greek kedos for
cauldron, kettle

CSE --- a wooden bowl filled with food from the
cooking pit, a spit with roasted meat from the
fireplace; ancient Greek kissybion for bowl,
chysis for a heap (plenty of food, then)

EDC --- food, meat; ancient Greek edesma
for food, meat

ESC ---fireplace, people eating round a warming
fire; ancient Greek eschara for hearth, fireplace

DCE --- to welcome guests; ancient Greek
deiknymi deiknyo for to greet, welcome

SCE --- inviting someone into the safety of
a camp; ancient Greek skepae for safety

ECD --- a stranger asking for shelter; ancient
Greek ektos for outside (here someone standing
outside the camp, a stranger asking for protection)

ECS --- to save someone; ancient Greek eksozo
for I save

Regards Franz Gnaedinger www.seshat.ch



Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 36

NPhO OPhN,NOPh PhON, PhNO ONPh --- snow

NPhO --- to snow; ancient Greek neipho

OPhN --- all of a sudden, first snow, winter comes;
ancient Greek aphno for suddenly, surprisingly

NOPh --- falling snow, snow storm, plenty of snow;
noph and snow are fairly close, ancient Greek niphas
for snow storm, blizzard, Latin novus for new (the
world appearing new when freshly covered by snow),
novem for nine and November the ninth month, when
usually the first snow falls in Switzerland (more later)

PhON --- not seeing each other in a snow storm,
calling for each other, staying close together in
order not to get lost, wolves howling, dangerous
when starving, even for humans; ancient Greek
phonos with omega for sound, voice, calling
(people calling each other, wolves howling),
phonos with omicron for mass, lump (people
staying close to each other), phonos phonae
with omicron for murder (wolves are remembered
as murderous animals in fairy tales)

PhNO --- torches on high poles marking the winter
camp, visible from afar, guiding hunters home;
ancient Greek phanos for torch

ONPh --- a shining torch, shining snow by day
in the sunlight; ancient Greek aenops for shining,
white



Glossary of the new Magdalenian worts, part 35
(this part should follow CER and permutations,
and be followed by KAL and permutations
- my work is still in the making, you are here
participating in an adventure of the mind)

Cernunnos, Celtic lord of the animals on the
silver cauldron from Gundestrup, Denmark,
wears a stag antler and a torque; with his right
hand he holds another torque, and with his left
hand a snake, whose head, decorated with
the antlers of a ram, is close to his ear, while
the body of the animal performs a loop. The
stag symbolizes the shaman, while the torque
may stay for the trajectory of the sun. Serpent
and ram may be emanations of the divine stag
as protector of the sun horse. Relying on
serpere as origin of serpens, Latin for serpent,
snake, I propose the following words for the
times of the day:

CER PER --- snake protecting the sun horse
in the later morning; ancient Greek pera for
beyond, serpere as origin of Latin serpens
for serpent, snake

CER REP --- snake protecting the sun horse
in the afternoon; ancient Greek repo for I bow,
Latin reptilis for reptile

CER PRE --- snake protecting the rising sun
horse of the early morning; ancient Greek
prepo for I shine, appear, come forth

CER ERP --- snake protecting the sun horse
in the evening; ancient Greek herpo for I creep,
sneak, herpeton for a creeping animal

CER RPE --- snake protecting the sun horse
in the zenith, high on the sky at noon; ancient
Greek ripae for cast, swing, flight (...), ripae
ophthalmon for a moment in time

CER EPR --- snake protecting the sun horse
in the center of the Underworld, when it needs
most help and protection, in the night, at
midnight; ancient Greek eparkeia for help,
oparkeo for I suffice, remain in force, protect,
help, assist (...), Latin servo for I protect

CER PRE --- early morning, 4 o' clock on June 21
CER PER --- later morning, 8 o' clock on June 21
CER RPE --- mid-day, 12 o' clock
CER REP --- afternoon, 16 o' clock on June 21
CER ERP --- evening, 20 o'clock on June 21
CER EPR --- midnight, 24 / 0 o' clock

The meeting ends of the torque may then
symbolize midnight, when the sun or sun horse,
traversing center of the Underworld, needs most
protection (although the Underworld KAL seems
to have been a good place, as revealed by the
hypothetical word KAL and permutations).


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