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GR 1190 IS, INOS
H 0044 א נ ס
Concept of root: forcing
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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א נ ס
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anas
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force
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Related English words
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none
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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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א נ ס
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anas
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to force
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a n . s
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Greek
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ις, ινος
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is,
inos
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(with) force
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i s n
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Proto-Semitic *ANAS --- *IS, INOS Greek
This entry can be useful only to show how one can go
wrong in etymological comparison. There can not be a common origin for these two Hebrew and Greek words.
The Hebrew word has three consonants, of which the last one, the "S", is not found in Greek. The "S" we find in "inos" is not part of the root, but a suffix of this genitive form.
Then according to Greek scholars, the word "is" comes from an older "wis" and is directly related to Latin "vis".
Note:
- Latin has a word "vis", plural "vires", which has amongst others the meanings of "force" and "with violence". The " R " is part of the root even if it has disappeared in from the noun in singular. It is present in related, derived words. There is insufficient similarity in the root of this word.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is found in Aramaic and Syriac and may have been present in Proto-Semitic : א
נ
ס .
Note:
- Indo-European. There is outside Greek insufficient information for a hypothesis. Old Indian "váyas = strength, vigour" is related to Latin "vis" but does not have adequate similarity with either Greek or Hebrew.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Monday 9 July 2012 at 12.48.18 |
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