GD 1043          DOKKEN

H 0312            ה ח ד

Concept of root : to thrust, bump, jolt

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ה ח ד

ה ח ד ו

ה ח ד

daghà;

doghé;

doghà

to thrust, bump;

thrusting, bumping;

to be thrusted, pushed

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

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Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ה ח ד

-

ה ח ד ו

-

ה ח ד

-

daghà;

-

doghé

-

doghà

-

to thrust, bump ;

thrusting, bumping;

to be thrusted, pushed

d . gh .

Dutch

dokken

dokken

to thrust, bump, jolt

d . k

 

 

Proto-Semitic *DAGH, *DOGH --- *DOGH Indo-European

 

 

There are several Hebrew roots beginning with "D GH" and with related meanings, such as "D GH PH" in entry E 0270 (Hebrew 0313) and "D GH Q" in entry E 0267 (Hebrew 0314). Seen the similarity between the root of this entry with the Germanic root in Dutch, the others we just mentioned represent further developments in diversification.

 

 

Note:
  • Hebrew in modern language has changed the sense of this verb. It now says to "push, push off, decline, delay".

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. This Hebrew root has a cognate in Aramaic "ד ח א , D GH Aleph, deghà = to push, thrust" and also in Arabic "dagha(y) = he threw, drove". It may have been used in Proto-Semitic as in Hebrew : "*ד ח ה , D GH H ( accentuated vowel)". It is further quite possible that there was an original two consonant root "*ד ח , D GH". For this two consonant combination an older version with a central vowel " O " is probable, but also an " A " remains possible.

 

Note:
  • Proto-Germanic . The Dutch verb "dokken" in the sense of this entry seems quite isolated. So we have no basis for a hypothesis outside Dutch.

 

Note:
  • Indo-European . There is a hypothesis of "*deugh'h-" for "to hit, beat". But the basis is very narrow. Old Indian "dohati = to pain" and Armenian "doyzn = very small" are simply too far off in meaning to contribute.

     

    . Slavic offers a Slovenian "dúzati = to push, thrust", that as the "Z" may correspond with "K" in Germanic, seems to be a possible cognate of Dutch "dokken".

     

    . Indo-European may have had a form like "*D O/U GH/K-" for "to push, thrust", but the supporting evidence is very limited.

 

 

 

 
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 15/10/2012 at 11.27.43