- word in a
manner appropriate to that
perceived origin. This po****r
etymologizing has had a
powerful influence on the
forms which words take. Examples...
-
Palestinian territory occupied by Israel. The name "Jerusalem" is
variously etymologized to mean "foundation (Semitic yry' 'to found, to lay a cornerstone') of...
- the
original literal interpretation. The text of the Book of
Genesis etymologizes the name with the verb śarah (שָׂרָה, "to rule, contend, have power...
-
references are
probably to the
ancient Sohar. The city or
region is
typically etymologized in
Arabic as
deriving from ʿāmin or ʿamūn ('settled' people, as opposed...
-
etymologies are not
found in Chrétien de Troyes, however.
Perlesvaus etymologizes the name (there: Pellesvax) as
meaning "He Who Has Lost The Vales", referring...
- ab-KAY-zee-ə) The
Abkhaz name
Apsny (Abkhaz: Аԥсны, IPA [apʰsˈnɨ]) is
etymologized as 'a land of the soul'
however the
literal meaning is 'a
country of...
-
Archived from the
original on 24
October 2012.
Retrieved 19
August 2012.;
etymologizing "balk cross" in "Dictionary of Vexillology: B (Backing -
Banner of Victory)"...
- *gjän <
Eastern Han
Chinese gɨan < Old
Chinese *gran,
which Schuessler etymologizes as from Proto-Sino-Tibetan and
related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-ka-n...
- source.
Among the
ancient Gr****s, the term
Amazon was po****rly folk
etymologized as
originating from the Gr**** ἀμαζός,
amazos ('breastless'), from -a...
-
remains unknown.
Credence in
Polybius imposes certain limitations on
etymologizing: if the
language remains unknown, the
meanings of the words, including...
