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GD 1098 SCHOOIEN
H 0944 ב ו ש
Concept of root : movement referring to a
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ב ו ש
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shov
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to go
away, return,
move
about
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Related English words
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none
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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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ב ו ש
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shov
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to go away, return, move about
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sh (o) v
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Gothic
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skewjan
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skewjan
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to wander about
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sk . (w) .
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Old Norse
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skǽva
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skéva
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to go away
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sk . v
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Dutch
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schooien
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sghoyen
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to go away, move about
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sch (o) y
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Proto-Semitic *SHOB/V --- *SKŌW- Proto-Germanic
This entry is related to entry E 0893 (Hebrew 0845 , "sawav") . The verb "shov" , dedicated to the movement of people, in this field has a number of meanings, under influence of the old cultural/linguistic phenomenon that roots could indicate a movement without specifying the direction of the same. Consequently one root could indicate "descend" as well as "rise" or "come" as well as "go". And in this case we see "shov" saying " to go away" and "to return".
In Dutch, including Middle Dutch, that is anyhow much more recent than Biblical Hebrew, the idea of "to return" was no more applied to this root, limiting it to that of moving about and going away.
In Modern Hebrew obviously the old cultural/linguistic mixture has also lost its charm, and the meaning of "going away" was abandoned.
As a result, the modern use of the words sees in Hebrew basically "to return" and in Dutch "to go away, move about". But the origin remains common.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic . This root is found in various languages with instead of the initial SH an initial " T ". This can be seen in Aramaic and Syriac "ת ו ב , tuv = to return, come again" and Ugaritic with a brief two consonant "T B" = to turn". In other cases there is an initial " TH ". Arabic "thāba = he returned, came back" . Again "T" already in OS Arabic "ת ו ב = to return".
Though Hebrew with its SH seems the minority , its root was probably present in Proto-Semitic "*ש ו ב , SH W B" also on account of the similarities with Indo European. Uncertain remains in that case if the change into T or TH has begun in Proto-Semitic. A problem we find with this reasoning is that there are cases in which the "T" in Aramaic corresponds with a "T" in Indo European. See entry E 0871 (Hebrew 0984) regarding the animal "steer".
Proto-Semitic certainly had the original pronunciation of the final consonant " B " as such, but a change into " V " may have begung already in the old language.
Note:
- Proto-Germanic. Once more we find Dutch rather isolated in its conservation of old Root/Meaning combinations. It is hard to find cousins for "schooien". We see Gothic "skewjan" for "to wander about" and Old Norse " skǽva " for "to go away". The evidence remains small. A Proto-Germanic "*SK Ō W- may have existed.
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- Indo-European. Evidence for cognates in other branches of Indo-European seems to lack. As so often the comparison remains between Semitic and Germanic. Some see possible cognates in Lithuanian "šuolieis = to gallop", Avestan " sačaitē = may it pass" and Old Slavic "skočiti = to jump", with meanings that might be far related, but too far to justify conclusions. Remains Old Irish "scochim = I go away", that indeed may be a cognate. Indo European may have had a form "*SH Ŏ Y-" but this is too uncertain to use it here.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 07/02/2013 at 13.10.53 |
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