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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Vadim Cherny <vadimcherny AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] English phonaesthetical cells in Hebrew
  • Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:56:53 -0400

I see the Hebrew root as composed of immutable uni-consonantal roots. The root-letter L denotes elevation, as in the extended root

עלה

of which it is the defining component. The letter G has the meaning of the extended root

גאה

of which it is the defining component.
Hence

גלה = גאה+עלה

in the same way

שלה = שאה+עלה

See my book at www.hebrewetymology.com

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 20, 2010, at 9:53 AM, Vadim Cherny wrote:

A famous English phonaesthetical cell gl- is widely present in Hebrew
as gl[hey] with related meaning "to reveal, open", but more
importantly, it is traceable to gl's basic meaning of "to heap up,
cover something in a heap, to cover something round about".

English sl- phonaesthetical cell may be related to Hebrew samech-lamed
which means "to push down".

Phonaesthesia is built into Hebrew where three-letter roots share
their two-letter root cell's meaning. In English, the origin of
phonaesthesia are obscure. Might not such roots enter the Romance and
Germanic languages from Semitic?

Vadim Cherny
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