Re: Theos

From: dalmatia@eburg.com
Date: Mon May 04 1998 - 13:18:03 EDT


Jack Kilmon wrote:
>
> 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 ~

You are MY Ken Griffey Jr. That is a home run with the bases loaded
in the bottom of the ninth, down by 3.

!!!!!!!!!FALCON!!!!!!!!!

???With WINGS and AWESOME power of sight???

Have you been following the 'Commonsense Aorist' thread? [A+hOR+IZW]

You're not just making this up because you LIKE me now ~ Are you
Jack??? :-) :-)

Anyhoots, Many, many thanks to you, my friend ~ May your horizons
alway be unobstructed in your vision!

George Blaisdell



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