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H 0672          ה ק י נ ה ; ק ו נ *

Concept of root : eager drinking

Hebrew word

pronunciation

English meanings

;ק ו נ

ה ק י נ ה

noq;

heniqà

to drink eagerly;

to suckle, nurse

Related English words

none

Comparison between European words and Hebrew

Languages

Words

Pronunciation

English meanings

Similarity in roots

Hebrew

ק ו נ *;

-

ה ק י נ ה

noq;

-

heniqà

to  drink eagerly;

to suckle, nurse

n (o) q

Middle Dutch

nokken

nokken

to cluck drinking

n (o) k

 

 

Proto-Semitic *NOQ --- *NOKK-EN Dutch

 

 

A bit audacious this entry of a similarity. Perhaps nearly like a joke. The things in common are drinking and the intensity of it. The Hebrew root is an old one, out of use or not found as such even in the Bible. But is has related verb in " י נ ק , Y N Q , yanaq = to suck", that not only refers to nursing. In Deuteronomium 32:13 the Lord makes feed on honey from the crag and oil from the rock, suggesting an avid taking on.

 

The second word we have given is very well-known in the text of the Bible, where it refers to the request of nursing that the daughter of Pharao makes for Moses to his own mother. It is a causative verb, meaning in that context "to nurse, suckle".

 

Consequently the basic version of the same verb, that we gave as "noq", meant drinking, eagerly as a baby does, and perhaps with other subjects also with the sound of eager drinking.

 

 

Note
  • Proto-Semitic. There is little evidence regarding directly the root " N W Q ", but the abovementioned second root "Y N Q" is seen in Aramaic, Ugaritic and Akkadian and should have been in use in the older language. It undoubtedly is based on "N O Q", so also that was used in Proto-Semitic : "* נ ו ק , N O Q" .

 

Note
  • Middle Dutch. The same word is also used to say "to sob" and "to hiccup", that produce comparable sound and movement. There is a newer version "nikken" and both have developed versions with a confirming prefix " S " : "snocken, snikken". In modern language there still are "nokken" and "snikken".

 

Note
  • Proto-Germanic. Oddly there seems to be no evidence of cognates of this old root in other Germanic languages. The comparison remains with Middle Dutch.

 

 

 

 

 
Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 15/11/2012 at 10.47.37