Some Latin Etymologies
1931; Linguistic Society of America; Volume: 7; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/409041
ISSN1535-0665
Autores Tópico(s)Linguistics and language evolution
Resumo1. Hebeo 'be blunt or dull; be sluggish, inactive; lounge, idle about,' hebes 'blunt, dull; dim, faint; sluggish, stupid' may be referred to a root *ghebh'yield, give way' and compared with give: OE. giefan 'give, grant,' Goth. giban 'geben,' etc. This primary meaning survives in NE. give, give up, give in, give out, give way, Goth. afgiban sik 'sich wegbegeben, xcputo-cat,' OHG. geban 'dare, tribuere, reddere, indulgere,' gigeban-'dare, largiri, concedere, expendere, removere,' bigeban 'linquere, derelinquere, dimittere,' zigeban 'dehiscere, patere,' MHG. begeben 'auf-, hingeben, von etwas ablassen, unterlassen.' 2. Helluor, hZluor 'gormandize, devour; squander, lavish' probably meant primarily 'gulp.' We may therefore compare Gr. XeXbaoco, -crcaouat 'cough up, expectorate,' and the following words in Germ.:early Du. gullen 'absorbere, ingurgitare, vorare, intemperanter devorare,' gulle 'vorago, gurges,' NE. gull 'swallow, gulp':ME. gulchen, NE. dial. gulch, gullock 'swallow greedily, gulp,' Norw. dial. gulka, Swed. dial. gylka, g6lka 'gulp up, spew out'; ME. gulpen, NE. gulp 'swallow greedily,' dial. gollop 'gulp,' Dan. gulpe, gylpe 'gulp up, disgorge,' Du. gulpen 'swallow greedily; gulp up,' gulp, golp, galp 'a gulp; a sudden gush,' EFris. gulpen 'ausstossen, rillpsen; gierig hineinschlucken.' Cf. author, Hesperia, Ergdnzungsreihe I, 12, 62. 3. Hon-as, honor 'honor, esteem; official dignity, office; reward, fee, sacrifice, legacy; ornament, grace, charm' is unexplained. If the connection I shall suggest is correct, the primary meaning would be 'a prosperous, flourishing condition, prosperity (:honor, preferment. etc.); bloom (:beauty, charm).' For honos may be from an earlier *Xyono5s (*g'yhonrs), with loss of the labialization before o, parallel with the development of IE. qg4oto Lat. co-. Against deriving honos from *g'ohonos might be cited formus:Skt. gharmd-h 'Glut, Hitze.' But formus may be rather from *XYermos: Gr. 6epuos ' warm.'
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