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E 0710 RAFT
The worf " raft " is of Germanic origin.
H 0822 ה ד ס פ ר
Concept of root : raft
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ה ד ס פ ר
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raphsodà
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raft
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Related English words
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raft
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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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ה ד ס פ ר
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raphsodà
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raft
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r . ph
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English
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raft
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raft
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r . f t <
*r .
f
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Old Norse
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raptr
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raft
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r . p t
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Hebrew *RAPH-SODÀ --- *RĂF Proto-Germanic
These two words, English and Hebrew, are far from identical, but they have the same meaning and the same beginning. "Raft" is certainly akin to the root of entry number E 0711 (Hebrew 0821), that deals with English "rafter".
Hebrew "raphsoda", certainly unrelated to the word "rhapsody", is composed of two parts. The first one is "raph" that stands for "Bar, beam", balk". A raft is made of balks.
The origin of the second part is less easy to define, but it might be related to a word for "oars", as used to steer a raft. This word is "
ש
י
ט , shait", with the root "SH T". But this remains anyhow quite hypothetical.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. The Hebrew word "raphsoda" , in Medieval language also "raphsodet", is of uncertain etymology and we have no information for a hypothesis for Proto-Semitic.
Note:
- Latin has a word "ratis" for "raft". This can be at the utmost only very remotely akin to the root of this entry. We find it in entry E 0734 (Hebrew 0831).
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- Old Norse very commonly adds an R to nouns . This R is not part of the root . Scholars see
English " raft " as coming, via Middle English " rafte ", from this Old Norse word "raftr". This is quite possible.
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- Proto-Germanic. We best refer to the Notes on English and Proto-Germanic in entry E 0710 (Hebrew 0821). Proto-Germanic probably had "*R Ă F-", but for the use as "raft" the final T may already have been added: "R Ă FT-". This is uncertain.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 26/11/2012 at 17.27.28 |
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