> http://tinyurl.com/39smyu4
> PDF:
> http://www.ricerchefilosofiche.it/files/God-Fearers.pdf
> Although he denies a connection of these Sabians to Sabines and
> Samnites (he even denies the validity of the reconstructed PIE), I
> wonder if there mightn't have been. That would then be much older,
> but it might be connected with the strange dispersion into the world
> of the "seven" word we followed in this group a long time ago, eg.
> in connection with identifying days of a week with the sun, moon and
> five known planets to make a seven-day week. This article discusses
> the possibility of connecting seven and Sabaoth
> http://tinyurl.com/2wsh6dv
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaoth#YHWH_Tzevaot
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabazius
>
> Obviously nothing linguistic stands in the way of a Greek instead of
> a Roman origin of the Germanic names of the days of the week
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week-day_names#Germanic_languages
> German Samstag
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samstag
> seems to fit even better; perhaps not 'vulgärgriechisch', but some
> older connection with that mysterious *saÅ- (> *sabb-, *samb-).
Orël & Stol'bova
Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary
2328 *Åam- "burn; lightning"
Eg Å¡m, Å¡mm "be hot, be burning" (OK).
Berb *sam- "lightning":
Ahg e-ssam,
Ndir i-ssim,
Fgg u-sÉm.
Secondary -i- in Ndir.
2329 *Åam- "sun"
Sem:
Akk šamšu "sun",
Hbr šemeš "sun",
Aram (Syr) šemš- "sun",
Arab Å¡ams- "sun",
SAr ÅmÅ¡ "sun",
Tgr Å¡ÄmÅ¡ "sun",
Soq Å¡am "sun",
Jib sum "sun-heat".
Partial reduplication and dissimilation from *ÅamÅ-.
Eg sšm.t "moon-disc" (gr).
sÅ¡- reflects *Å-.
WCh *Åam- "sun":
Ang lem.
Related to *Åam- "burn; lightning".
2336 *Åip- "light, day"
Eg sšp "light" (MK).
Note sÅ¡- < *Å-.
Berb *sVf- "day":
Ghd a-sef,
Ahg essef.
WCh *Åip- "light":
Ang mege-lÉp,
Pero lip.
Related to *ÅVp- "shine, be light".
2337 *Åob- "set fire"
Sem *Åub-:
Akk Å¡abÄbu "burn, be hot",
Arab Å¡bb [-u-] "set fire",
Soq Å¡bb "warm" (v.).
WCh *Åa(m)b-:
Ang lap lap "take fire",
Tng lamb- "set fire".
Secondary *-a- < *-wa-.
ECh *Å¡wab- "flame" (v.):
Bid `olob.
2338 *Åuf- "heat, boil"
WCh *Åafaf- "heat up, make hot":
Hs zÄfafÄ.
Partial reduplication with modified vocalism.
Rift *Åuf- "boil":
Asa Åuf-.
2340 *ÅVp- "shine, be light"
Eg sšp "be light" (pyr).
sÅ¡- reflects *Å-.
WCh *ÅVp- "shine":
Sura lÉp.
2341 *ÅVw- "light, lightning"
Eg Å¡w "light, sun" (NK).
CCh *`a-z^Vw- "lightning":
Daba az^Éw.
Prefix *`a-.
Those are the alternations *saÅ- produces in IE too:
a/u 'ablaut',
pre- and non-pre-nasalized.
Obviously AfroAsiatic is not the origin of this word complex.
Torsten