E 0375          GLOBE

The word " globe " is , via Old French, of Latin origin .

H 0365            ל ל ג

H 0365            ג ל ל ג

Concept of root : rolling roundness

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

ל ל ג

ג ל ל ג

galal,

galgal

to roll

Related English words

globe

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ל ל ג

ג ל ל ג

galal, galgal

to roll

g . l . l

Greek

κυλιω;

γογγυλος

kϋlio
gongϋlos

to roll ; spherical

k . l ;

g . l

Latin

globo; globus

globo; globus

to make round; sphere

g l . b

Old Indian

gola

gola

ball, globe

g . l .

English

globe

globe

g l . b

 

 

Proto-Semitic *GAL , "GŎL --- *GŎL- Indo-European

 

 

Here we are nearly at the essence of similarity. Each language has its own system of forming words. Hebrew has doubled the second consonant. Greek has used a suffix "io". But the root is well-nigh identical. If the vowel "U" in Greek makes one think, it is good to recall that two-consonant roots in Hebrew often had the vowel O , before their extension into a three-consonant root.

 

There are many words with this root for roundness and rolling. Greek "γογγυλος , gongϋlos"" for "spherical" has the G of the Hebrew words for roundness. The first syllable of this word is just a doubling that Classic Greek liked rather much.

 

 

Note:
  • Latin has an extra consonant B, that is considered a later addition, probably in order to better diversify various meanings . There is agreement that "globus" is based on an old root " G e L". As usual, scholars of Indo European mention and consider vowels as part of roots .

     

    The word "globus" and its sisterword "glomus" are not yet consequently and exclusively used for "roundness", but may indicate also a "clump", thus of "unperfect roundness". This is perhaps a consequence of influence by cognate "gleba" that means "lump of earth". Roundness is more dominant in "glomero = roll up" and "make a ball ..", as well as in "globosus = spherical".

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. In Hebrew we see the concepts of "round" and "roll" expressed on the basis of the two consonant combination "G + L ". There exist a number of words based on this. The combination has been used to express " wave, gulf ", as in entry E 0402 (Hebrew 0354), " bowl", as in entry E 0504 (Hebrew 0355) and " wheel " as in entry E 0995 (Hebrew 0359). There can be little doubt about a Proto-Semitic root " *ג ל , G L ". But there is more. As is known, in many instances the sounds L and R can be interchanged during development of languages and words. And we find that in some Semitic languages the concepts of " round " and " roll " are expressed by roots based on the two consonant combination " G . R ". This is the case in Akkadian, Arabic, Ge'ez Ethiopian, Amharic, Tigre, Tigrai and Soqotri. In fact Akkadian , besides " G R" uses " G L ". And besides in Hebrew, "G L " is found in Aramaic "ג ל ל , gelal = rolled, rolled away". Proto-Semitic may have known both versions, but seen the fact that in Indo European there is " G . L", this must have been present in Proto-Semitic : " * ג ל , G L " . as is the case in Hebrew.

     

    It must be noted that in the pronunciation the use of a vowel O can well be hypothesized: "*G Ŏ L-" .

 

Note:
  • Indo-European. A hypothesis has to be based on Old Indian, Greek and Latin. In other languages there are many words that have similar sounds and indicate more or less round objects, but that are not "ball" or "globe" . We suppose that Latin, in adding a third consonant "B", and in a related word "glomus" with a third consonant "M", has also had a metathesis between the vowel " O " and the consonant " L ". Thus the possible Indo-European form was "*G Ō L-" or perhaps "*G Ŏ L-" .

 

 

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 20/10/2012 at 15.46.27