Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)

Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 45

EID EIS, DIE SIE, IDE ISE, EDI ESI, IED IES,
DEI SEI --- appearances and reality

EID --- appearances, images; ancient Greek eidos
for appearances, idea, notion, concept, imagination,
sort, kind, essence, state

EIS --- reality behind all appearances, ideas and
notions, idea of all ideas; ancient Greek eis for
the only one

DIE --- daylight; Latin dies for day

SIE --- to see, feel, reason, be; Latin siem sum
for I am, "cogito ergo sum" (Descartes)

IDE --- idea; ancient Greek idea for appearance,
form, shape, sort, kind, essence, state

ISE --- equal, what different appearances,
notions, ideas and concepts have in common;
ancient Greek isos for equal

EDI --- pleasure of looking at appearances and
images; ancient Greek hedonae for pleasure
(hedonism)

ESI --- meditating; ancient Greek haesychazo
for I am quiet, still, have it peaceful (...)

IED --- following appearances, notions and ideas;
Indo-European iet for to strive, aspire

IES --- trying to find the basic reality behind
the ever changing appearances; Indo-European
ies for to boil, bubble, well up, foam (Pokorny),
appropriate when one considers the steam
produced by many a scientific discussion ...

DEI --- logical order and sequence; *dein-caps
for by turns (Pokorny)

SEI --- existence of the basic reality behind
all the different appearances, notions, ideas
and concepts; Latin sei for sic, it is so

Regards Franz Gnaedinger www.seshat.ch


Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 44

DIR SIR, RID RIS, IRD IRS, DRI SRI, RDI RSI,
IDR ISR --- how to cope with adversities and
calamtites

DIR --- to look out for signs of adversities and
calamities, to face them directly when they occur,
which may go along with fear, also to speak about
them; Latin dirus for announcing calamities,
horrible, dirae for signs that announce harm and
calamity, directus for direct, perhaps English fear,
French dire (pronounced dir) for to speak, talk

comparative form SIR --- to warn of adversities
and calamities, sometimes in vain, as some
people seem to be attracted by danger and risk,
while others don't care; Cassandra warned the
Trojans in vain, the sirens, ancient Greek seiraen
Latin Siren, lured many a sailor into doom, while
our sirens warn of an imminent danger

inverse RID --- to laugh, to laugh a danger away,
or to encourage each other laughing; Latin ridere
for to laugh

comparative form RIS --- to mock and deride;
Latin risus for laughter and laughing stock

IRD --- to be angry; Latin iratus for I am angry

comparative form IRS --- to be very angry; Latin
irasco for I am angry

inverse DRI --- being helpless in the case of
calamities and adversities, getting hard, harsh,
bitter, sad; ancient Greek drimys for cutting,
sharp, stringing, astringent, harsh, bitter (...),
Latin tristis for sad, afflicted, hurting, harsh,
unfriendly, gloomy, angry, horrible, dangerous,
earnest, cold, hard

comparative form SRI --- wishing to get rid of
adversities and calamities, to eradicate their
causes; Latin sario for to weed out (etymology
unclear says my dictionary)

RDI --- to cope in a rational way with adversities
and calamities; Latin ratio for reason, rationalis
for rational

comparative form RSI --- to even out emotions
in order to find a reasonable solutiuon and to
cope in a rational way with dangers, adversities
and calamities; Latin rasilis for smoth(ed)

inverse IDR --- to cope with adversities and
calamities on the basis of knowledge; ancient
Greek idris for knowing, experienced

comparative form ISR --- to invoke divine
knowledge and advice in order to cope with
adversities and calamities; *isaros for strong,
sacred



Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 43

TOR ROT, TRO ORT, RTO OTR --- how a bull
moves

TOR --- noise and commotion as made by a bull;
ancient Greek tauros for bull, and similar words
in many languages (Saul Levin)

ROT --- noises a bull makes; ancient Greek
rotheo for I rustle, make noise, grumble, roar

TRO --- to run; ancient Greek trocha(z)o for I run

ORT --- straight on, as a bull runs; ancient Greek
orthos for straight

RTO --- the elegant way a bull moves when
running; ancient Greek rytos for streaming,
fluently

OTR --- swift, nimble; ancient Greek otralos
and otraeros for swift, brisk, quick, nimble



Glossary of the new Magdalenian words, part 42

POT TOP, TPO OPT, PTO OTP --- power, lateral
association to PAD and PAS

POT --- ruler; ancient Greek potnia for a female
ruler, despoina for lady of the house, Despoina
was a powerful goddess, her secret name Nyx,
alter ego of Gaia, Latin potentia and potentas
for power, English potency and power

TOP --- place and rank, where a ruler lives, also
his rank; ancient Greek topos for place, rank,
English top

TPO --- appearance, composure and splendor
of a ruler; ancient Greek typos for appearance,
form, shape (...)

OPT --- a ruler presenting himself, herself;
ancient Greek optasia for appearance,
optanomai for to let oneself be seen, Latin
optimus for the best

PTO --- a ruler spreading influence; ancient
Greek peitho for I persuade, (...), patis for
step, path, petomai for to speed, hurry, fly
- consider the bird as emblem of a ruler,
birdman from Lascaux, bird goddess, Horus
falcon ...

OTP --- how a ruler paves the way; ancient
Greek odopoieo for I pave the way


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Magdalenian words and compounds 2006/7
    ... ancient Greek eis for the only one ... The gods, Latin deus dei, may then be the ones ... IDR ISR --- how to cope with danger, ... Latin dirus for announcing calamities, ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)
    ... How to cope with adversities and calamities ... The etymology of Latin tristis has not yet been explained ... S-forms around the meme of how to cope with adversities ... calamities, becoming hard, harsh, sad and bitter; ancient Greek ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: Magdalenian words and compounds 2006/7
    ... ancient Greek eis for the only one ... The gods, Latin deus dei, may then be the ones ... IDR ISR --- how to cope with danger, ... Latin dirus for announcing calamities, ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)
    ... DIR --- to look out for signs of adversities and ... calamities, to face them directly when they occur, ... Trojans in vain, the sirens, ancient Greek seiraen ... Latin Siren, lured many a sailor into doom, while ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: what is etymology? (linguistics and biology)
    ... ancient Greek anymi anuo with the same meanings ... camp in an abri, while KOD was a permanent camp. ... LIC CIL, light / luck plus fire of a camp in an abri, ... EIS --- reality behind all appearances, ideas and notions, ...
    (sci.lang)