From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] etymology of IKAR, KARAH
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:30:45 -0300
david,
i agree with your word association list in general. the problem is
that in this list one never knows which came first: the egg or the
hen. for example,
> /eKaR (????) "(digger =>) farmer" from KaRaH (???) "to dig."
> Cordially,
> David Kolinsky
> Monterey CA
i am not aware of the etymology "digger" for IKAR, and KRH is never used in BH
with agricultural connotations, as far as i remember. what IKARIM did was
called XR$, ZR(, (DR, (ZK, SQL etc. on the contraty, it was gatherers-hunters
which dug, both roots and traps, rather than farmers. it is this context
(traps) which is most used in BH.
thus the relation IKAR --> KARAH is not a natural one.
actually, i believe that "KAR,KUR" had a rather generic meaning in akkadian:
and both IKAR and KARAH probably derived from there. now, the origin of
KAR,KUR is not known to me but may have IE parallels (greek agora, latin
agriculture, russian gora=mountain etc etc) and maybe even hebrew HAR.
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also, i am surprised you did not comment in your list on a possible connection
between AXAZ and EXAD.
best
nir cohen
[b-hebrew] etymology of IKAR, KARAH,
Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 03/12/2011