E 0433A          HEALTH

The word " health " is of Germanic origin .

H 0423            ש ל ח , ה ל ח

Concept of root : weakness from sickness

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

, ה ל ח

ש ל ח

ghalà,

ghalash

to be sick,

to be weak

Related English words

health

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ה ל ח

ש ל ח

ghalà ,

ghalash

to be sick, to be weak

gh . l .

gh . l . sh

Russian

хилыь

khilәj

sick, weak

kh . l .

 

 

Proto-Semitic *GHALÀ < *HALÀ --- *KHĪL- Russian < "KĒL Indo-European

 

 

This similarity in two be it connected meanings is very clear. The difference seen in our transcription is more due to our inevitable choices than to an effective distance between Russian "Х "and Hebrew "ח".

 

This entry is related to E 0433 (Hebrew 0422) .

 

Note:
  • Hebrew. For this word see entry E 0433 (Hebrew 0422) . The two consonant root "GH . L ." and the extended root with three consonants, "GH . L . SH" carry the same meanings. This is a rather normal development in Hebrew, because the language prefers roots with three consonants in order to better shape especially its many verbal forms. But even if it is normal, there is no clear explanation for the specific choice of the third consonant "SH" during language development.

 

Note:
  • English. For this word see entry E 0433 (Hebrew 0422) . The verb " to heal " and the noun " health " are certainly related to the words of this actual entry , but do not carry the meaning of " sickness " as such .

 

Note:
  • Proto-Semitic. The usual hypothesis is that of a root "*GH . L" , but some say " *GH . L Y" . The third consonant Y has no real basis. As to "*GH . L" it is important to note that the same meaning seen in Hebrew, in Akkadian and Mandaic Aramaic is expressed with a root "H . L ." . This confirms our thoughts for Hebrew, that the initial " H " may develop into " GH ", probably to accentuate the message that has to be conveyed. It is not easy to define when the change by stronger gutturalization has taken place, but one may safely presume that there was an original root in Proto-Semitic "*ה ל , H . L". The stronger version may have developed also during Proto-Semitic: "*ח ל , GH . L".

 

Note:
  • Indo-European. We refer once more to entry E 0433 (Hebrew 0422) . A Russian "KH" may refer to an Indo-European " K " as in the form "*K Ē L-", also seen in that entry.

     

    This would then also mean that Russian has had two different developments on the basis of the Indo-European root " with " K " as in "KĒL": "KHĪL-" and "TSEL".

 

 

 

 
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 27/12/2012 at 14.29.27