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IE.
3. ken-k- “heel”
qan-tho- “corner, bending”
2. an-k- “to bend”
panq-, pang- “to swell”
pan-dos “curved”
suen-q- “be pregnant, heavy”
suen-g- “to bend”
B. to stretch:
ten-
temp- 1
ten-q- r to stretch, reach
ten-gh-
tens-
See p. 16—17.
Hebrew
kn-s “to collect”
kn-c “to bow down”
kn-ph “wing of a bird, corner”
cn-q “a necklace, neckchain”
pn-h “to turn oneself”
pn-n1 “corner, cornerstone”
sn-n3 “shield”
sn-° “to be bowed down”
sn-ph “to wind or wrap round”
sn-s “to gird up (the loins) ”
(Interesting is to see that He-
brew nt-s means “to stretch”
and nt-h “to stretch”, a move-
ment in the opposite direc-
tion.)
As to the meaning “to cover” it might be pointed out that
IE. roots formed with velar+eu — such as qeu- “to bend”
have also the meaning “to cover”, cf. IE. 2. sqeu- “to cover”,
Chinese g’w-ád “to cover”, Hebrew hw-m “black” (o: covered),
compare further IE. (s)qep- “to cover”, with Chinese g’áp “to
cover” and Hebrew hph-h “to cover”, etc., see “Gestural
Origin of Language”, p. 58.
We have thus explained 44 Hebrew roots which are in ac-
cordance with corresponding forms in IE.: of these emotional
sounds are 15, nature sounds 9 and gestural sounds 20.
We now proceed to Turkish to examine, whether similar
observations may be made for this language.
TURKISH.
The Turkish dictionary which was published 1945 by the
Turkish Ministry of Public Instruction (by A. Vahid Moran)
gives us many examples. Hereto have been added a great
number of Turkish words, collected by the Turkish philologist
Cemal Enisoglu, my coUaborator for many years. These words
are found in Divanii Lúgat-it-Turk by Mahmut Ka§garí. AIl