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E 0157 CHAISE LONGUE
The word combination " chaise longue " has been loaned from French .
H 0514 א ס
כ ,ס כ
Concept of root :
chair
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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א ס כ ;ס כ
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kès; kissé
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chair,
throne
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Related English words
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chaise
longue
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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 ס כ ;ס כ
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kès;
kissé
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chair, throne
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k . s
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French
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chaise
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chèse
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chair
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ch . s <
*k s
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Hebrew KÈS < Proto-Semitic *KŪS- --- *CHAISE French
The French word is considered a dialectal alteration of "chair", which is identical to the English word "chair". We present this similarity with some hesitation, but the fact that the Biblical word "kissà" has the same meaning and the same root as the French word "chaise" makes one look for a more satisfying explanation than that of a simple alteration. The thesis of alteration seeks a basis in the fact that in Paris dialect around 1500-1600 people seem to have had the tendency to pronounce some " R "'s as " S ". But there has been no general development of this into French and it remains surprising.
As is known, the French initial "ch" regularly corresponds with a K-sound in Latin.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. This root is present in Ugaritic and in Akkadian "kussu". For some reason this last term is considered a loanword from Sumerian "guza", but the root is the same as in Hebrew and Ugaritic. Interesting is the collateral Akkadian form "kursu" with an R in front of the S. This is as well found in an Aramaic "כ ר ס א , kars'é" and "כ ו ר ס י א, kursià" with the same meanings of "chair, throne".
It is not easy to make a hypothesis for Proto-Semitic, but the most probable seems "*כ ו ס , *K .W . S" , developing in some cases into "*כ ו ר ס , * K .W RS".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 02/11/2012 at 15.54.33 |
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