Re: Theos

From: Jack Kilmon (jkilmon@historian.net)
Date: Mon May 04 1998 - 13:12:29 EDT


dalmatia@eburg.com wrote:

> The connections between horoscope, Horus, hORAW, hORIZW, and even ol'
> Horatio Algiers now seem to show an etymological lineage back into
> Egyptian times. Sun and stars and staring at them and predicting the
> seasons [horticulture?] and thus the future. I suspected the Egyptian
> god Horus, which might very well be an exegetical [to Egyptian
> religion] name, might very well be the origin of the Greek hOR root.
> Until such time as new evidence arises, I'm taking that understanding
> to the bank, thanks to you!

        There are some words that are relics that may go back to
the palaeolithic. MAMA, AM, MA, etc for "mother" comes to mind
probably from the sounds of a suckling infant. IRU/HRW for "sight"
seems to pop up in Basque, Ainu and a number of relic languages.
That a falcon, known for its acute eyesight would be called HRW
is understandable. A trajectory through Indo-European is
a possibility. The Hebrew root is r)h. No coincidence, I'm sure.

Jack
Dâman dith laych idneh dânishMA nishMA
   Jack Kilmon (jkilmon@historian.net)
                                       
                      
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