Re: Minerva / Athena --> bet - M parallels

From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 6342
Date: 2001-03-05

--- In cybalist@..., "Cohen, Izzy" <Izzy_Cohen@...> wrote:
> > Bet - M parallels
> >
> > In an earlier posting [Minerva / Athena], I forgot to append
> > a list of Semitic bet - M parallels.
> >
> > First, I'll insert an item from Orjan Svensson about
> > a similar V - M parallel in Danish - Swedish:
> > >>
> > As for the Danes (by the way I am almost myself a Dane since the
part
> > of Sweden were I live belonged to Denmark before Sweden conquered
it)
> > they have a tendency to substitute g and pronounce v instead. For
> > example the Swedish word LAGA (to make) is pronounced and spelt
LAVE in
> > Danish. Another shift between G and V can be seen in the name of
their
> > capital which they call Koebenhavn whereas in English you say
Copenhagen.
> >
> > HAVN means harbour in Danish and for some reason it has
become "hagen"
> > in English. However, in Swedish HAMN means harbour. Hamn by the
way also
> > means "envelope" (in this signification sometimes spelt HAM) and
this is
> > said to be related to the Swedish word LEKAMEN (likhami in
Icelandic)
> > which means "body". I wonder if it is just a coincidence that
this
> > resembles the biblical word Lamed-KHet-Vav-Mem.
> > Anyway as seen from the following table the shift between HAVN
and HAMN
> > is not the only case where V and M corresponds to each other.
> >
> > SWEDISH DANISH ENGLISH
> >
> > jämn jevn even
> > ämne evne substance
> > namn navn name
> >
> > This shows that we not only have the G <--> V rule.
> > We also have the V <--> M rule.
> >
> > Örjan
> > Orjan.Svensson@...
> > <<
[snip]
I believe both sounds come (in -vn-/-mn-) come from -bn- in Old
Norse, where the -b- is as in Spanish.

Torsten