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E 0706 PYTHON
The word " python " is a loanword from Greek
H 0737 ן ת
פ
Concept of root : big
snake
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ן ת פ
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peten
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cobra
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Related English words
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python,
from Greek
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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 ת פ
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peten
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cobra
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p . t . n
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Greek
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πυθων
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püthon
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python
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p . th . n
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English
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python
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python
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p . th . n
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Proto-Semitic *PATAN --- *PÜTHON Greek
The "python" in Greek was a monster killed by Apollo, but we can presume that this word had some origin. That origin we see now in the similarity with the Hebrew word "peten" that stands for a dangerous snake. The different choice of vowels and the aspiration of the T into TH do not change this picture.
Also a different explanation has been given. "Pütho" should be an alternative name for the town of Delphi". Thus the famous "püthia" of the Delphi Oracle and also the monster "Püthon" received their name. With that any idea of common origin with the Hebrew snake "peten" would disappear.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic used already the root seen in Hebrew "*פ ת ן , P T N". It is there in Aramaic and Syriac "פ ת נ א , pitna (A), patna (S)". The Ugaritic root "B TH M" stood for "serpent, snake" and is a cognate, like Arabic "bathan". For our comparison we propose two vowels " A ", though that is uncertain.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 21/11/2012 at 9.41.23 |
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