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RU 1265 goley
H 0360 ה ל ג
Concept of root : undressing, nakedness
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ל ג ה ל ג ו
ה ל ג נ
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galà;
golé;
niglé
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to undress;
undressing;
to undress, become naked
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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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ה ל ג;
ה ל ג ו;
ה ל נ ג
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galà,
golé;
niglé
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to undress; undressing; to undress, become naked
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g . l .
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Russian
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голый
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golәy
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naked, bare
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g . l .
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Proto-Semitic *GALÀ --- *GOLJ Slavic < *GŎLW- Indo-European
In Germanic and Latin, which use the same root in some words, the meaning of nakedness is not present or not felt as such.
Note:
- Hebrew uses this word mostly in the figurative sense and intensive form, as shown in the entry E 0376 (Hebrew 0361) . But also the basic form of this entry is there, to offer us this special similarity with Russian.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. In Semitic, the two consonant root " G . L . " is used to express and is at the basis of many concepts. It is not easy to establish a common base for these messages. One of them is that of " to uncover". In the narrow meaning of " to undress, be(come) naked", which is the common ground with Russian , it is linked to that of " to uncover", that is also found in Phoenician "ג ל י , G L Y " ., and Aramaic "ג ל א , G L Aleph ". It has a probable cognate in Arabic "jala = he unveiled" ( as often with an initial J instead of G ). The Hebrew root of this entry probably existed as such in Proto-Semitic: "*ג ל ה , G L H ( accentuated vowel) ".
Note:
- Indo-European. The Russian word "golәy", coming from Slavic "*golŭ", is considered a development out of an Indo-European "*galw-os", together with a Czech "*golj". It has a sister word in Polish "goł". Without information from other groups of languages the vowel " A " remains uncertain and a "*G Ŏ LW" possible.
There is a hypothesis that these Slavic words with the meaning of "naked" would be related to Germanic words with the message of "bald", like English "callow". This word is seen in Entry E 0139 callow (Hebrew 0362). But "hairless", as in Old English "calu" is a quite different concept from "naked".
So we will not consider the Germanic words for "callow" in our comparison.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 19/10/2012 at 14.30.49 |
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