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E 0963 VERT
The word " vert " is a
loanword from French .
H 1065 ק ו ר י , ק ר
י
Concept of root : green
of plants
Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ק; ר י
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ק ו ר י
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yaraq;
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yereq;
yaroq
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to be green,
greenery;
green thing;
green
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Related English words
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vert,
from French
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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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ק ר י ;
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ק ו ר י
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yaraq
;
-
yereq
;
yaroq
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to be green;
greenery;
green thing
green (thing)
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y . r . q <
*w .
r . q
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Latin
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virere
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virére
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to be green (plants)
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v . r .
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French
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vert
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vèr
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green
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v . r (t)
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English
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vert
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vert,
green vegetation
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v . r (t)
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Proto-Semitic *YARAQ < *WARAQ --- *VIR-Ē-Ō Latin
Both Latin and Hebrew have this root basically to indicate the natural green aspect of plants and grasses. The difference is that Hebrew has added a third consonant, as is its habit from ancient times, in part for linguistic necessity ( forming of flexions ) and in part for diversification from too similar roots, of which there are many with "*W+R", just as in Indo European.
Note:
- Hebrew for green plants also has the word "
א
ר
ת, orot ". An initial Aleph is found in several Semitic words, as seen in the following Note. This is an indication that also in the root "Y R Q" the third consonant Q may not always have been there.
Note:
- Proto-Semitic . The existing hypothesis " * ו ר ק, W . R . Q " confirms our supposition for the origin of Hebrew " י ר ק , Y R Q". The third consonant " Q " is anyhow seen in Semitic languages as in Aramaic " א ו ר י ק, oriq = grew green". Ugaritic uses the root "Y R Q" as Hebrew for "to be(come) green". Akkadian "arqu = green", and "arāqu" with regard to the human face says "it grow green", just as in English. A bit less clear are Arabic waraq = leaf" (supposedly green) and Ethiopian that has "warq" for "gold".
Note:
- Latin "virēre" lives on in French "vert" and Spanish and Italian "verde". The use of an additional dental comes from Latin "viridis", an adjective that stand for "greenish, green". In this word "-dis" is a suffix.
Note:
- Indo-European. Regretfully no cognates of Latin "virēre" seem to have been found. A hypothesis for Indo-European different from Latin is not available.
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Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 17/12/2012 at 18.12.08 |
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