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E 0625 OBLIQUE ,
LOXODROMIC
The word " oblique " is of Latin origin .
The word " loxodromic " is of Greek origin .
H 0584 י נ
ו
ס
כ
ל
א , ן ס כ ל מ
Concept of root : obliqueness
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ן ס כ ל מ;
י נ ו ס כ ל א
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melukhesan;
alakhsoni
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oblique
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Related English words
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oblique,
from Latin
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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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ן ס כ ל מ ;
נ ו ס כ ל א
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melukhesan;
alakhson
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oblique
oblique line
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l . k . s.
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Greek
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λοξος
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loksos
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oblique
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l . x
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Latin
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obliquus < liquis
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obliquus;
liquis
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oblique
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l . q
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English
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oblique ;
loxodromic
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oblique ;
loxodromic
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l . q ;
l . x
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Hebrew *A-LAKHS-ON --- *LOXOS Greek
The similarity is obvious when we consider the composition of the first Hebrew word, with a prefix M and a suffix N. This "melukhesan" is modern Hebrew. The other word, "alakhson", is found in Post Biblical Hebrew, and with its similarity with Greek it is seen as a loanword from that language. Indeed these words have been developed on the basis of an older root "*L K S", that is also found in Greek and Latin. Another modern Hebrew word with the same root is the verb " ל כ ס ן , likhsèn = to turn sideways, turned aside". The similarity is there, but there is no further indication of a possible common origin. See the Note on Proto-Semitic.
Note:
- Greek and Latin. Greek has an O whereas Latin has an I. The phenomenon of an O becoming an I or of these two sounds alternating is rather common.
Note:
- English "loxodromic " is composed of the Greek words " loxos = slanting " and " dromos = road " .
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- Hebrew. The basis of the modern Hebrew words of this entry is a Post Biblical " ל ו כ ס ן , lokhsan = slanted, oblique". Naturally this is considered a loanword from Greek "loxon". If that would be true, there should be no question of a common origin. But how come the people that created the new stock of words for Modern Hebrew, would have based themselves on an old loanword ? And why would the old time Hebrew speakers in Post Biblical time have added an Aleph as a prefix in a loanword ? There is a reasonable probability that Hebrew and perhaps already Proto-Semitic had a root "* ל כ ס, L K S ", with a message of "slanted, oblique".
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