Origin of the Ancient Assyrians [split] //mod

[Humanist]

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SYRIAC
The meaning for "ˀarnā," in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon ("CAL"), as it pertains to Syriac specifically, is the following: "mountain-goat." To read more of the entry, please follow this link to the relevant page on the site of the CAL.


AKKADIAN (incl. ASSYRIAN Royal Inscriptions)




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Previously compared, but the Akkadian word below, is referred to in the entry for "armu."

SURETH
'iala [= jala ]
[Human being]
English : 1) a boy, a male child from birth to puberty, a lad in preparatory years of life, a male child


AKKADIAN


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SUMERIAN
ayalum [STAG] (3x: Old Babylonian) wr. aya-lum "stag, deer"
lulim [STAG] (182x: Old Akkadian, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium) wr. lulim; lu-lim "stag"


SURETH
elima
[Human being]
English : youth, the part of life that succeeds to childhood / teenage / adolescence, a young person (especially man) / a youth, a teenager

'lula
[Animals → Domestic]
English : a calf, the male young of the cow or of the bovine family, Maclean : a three-year-old bull


AKKADIAN

SURETH
'wana
[Animals]
English : a ewe, a female sheep four years old or over

'niqva [niqwa]
[Science → Natural sciences]
English : female (human or animal), a girl / woman, the female sex


AKKADIAN





SUMERIAN
unu [GIRL] (2x: Old Babylonian) wr. unu2 "girl, young woman"

u [EWE] (4255x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium, unknown) wr. u8; u8munus; u10 "sheep, ewe"

ganam [EWE] (1x: Old Babylonian) wr. ganam4; ganam5 "ewe"

[Humanist]

Searching for a possible origin for our word for "egg."

Note that the Akkadian word, "binitu," supposedly remained unchanged from the Old Babylonian period through the Neo-Babylonian period (~1500 years). Is that likely, given what we know of linguistics?


SURETH
'bita [Also, something along the lines of bi'e]
[Animals]
English : an egg ; plural : ܒܸܥ̈ܝܹܐ : eggs ; ܒܹܥܬܵܐ ܕܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ / Ourmia : ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܫܹܐܕܹ̈ܐ : a snail ; ܒܸܥܹ̈ܐ ܕܢܘ̈ܢܹܐ : spawn, roe


AKKADIAN



And, one of the words listed for Sumerian, for "egg." Or, at least a possible Sumerian word for egg, given the "?."

SUMERIAN
bilum [EGG?] (1x: ED IIIa) wr. bi2-lumx(|ZU&ZU.SAR|) "egg?"

[Humanist]

This appears to be at least in part from Greek. It may in fact be entirely from Greek.

SYRIAC
One meaning for "lawlārā," in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon ("CAL"), as it pertains to Syriac specifically, is the following: "harness-maker." To read more of the entry, please follow this link to the relevant page on the site of the CAL.


ANCIENT GREEK (Wiktionary.com)

λύω (luō) future: λύσω aorist: ἔλυσα perfect: λέλυκα perfect m/p: λέλυμαι aorist passive: ἐλύθην
to loose, to loosen, to untie
to slacken
to unbend
to set free, to release
to redeem
to dissolve, to sever
to break (up), to destroy
to abrogate, to annul
to atone, to amend
to profit, to be useful

SUMERIAN
larah [HOE] wr. la-ra-ah "hoe; harness"

[Adding]

lu [PERSON] (12429x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, uncertain, unknown) wr. lu2; mu-lu; mu-lu2; lu10; lu6 "who(m), which; man; (s)he who, that which; of; ruler; person"

Perhaps I did not give the Sumerian possibility enough of a chance.

[Humanist]

Searching for a possible origin for our word for "egg."

Note that the Akkadian word, "binitu," supposedly remained unchanged from the Old Babylonian period through the Neo-Babylonian period (~1500 years). Is that likely, given what we know of linguistics?


SURETH
'bita [Also, something along the lines of bi'e]
[Animals]
English : an egg ; plural : ܒܸܥ̈ܝܹܐ : eggs ; ܒܹܥܬܵܐ ܕܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ / Ourmia : ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܕܫܹܐܕܹ̈ܐ : a snail ; ܒܸܥܹ̈ܐ ܕܢܘ̈ܢܹܐ : spawn, roe


AKKADIAN



And, one of the words listed for Sumerian, for "egg." Or, at least a possible Sumerian word for egg, given the "?."

SUMERIAN
bilum [EGG?] (1x: ED IIIa) wr. bi2-lumx(|ZU&ZU.SAR|) "egg?"

SUMERIAN
lum [ANIMAL] (1x: Old Babylonian) wr. lum3 "a spider or snail" Akk. lummû