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

--- 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