Similarities between IE languages & Arabic

[Berter]

After reading a post in DELPHI FORUM about similarities between Indo-European and other families of languages (particularly, the Semitic family), I tried to recall all the amazing resemblances I have noted when I was learning French and English.

I must say that my background is mainly scientific and that I did get any literature or anthropological studies. Therefore, this post must be seen as a modest & no professional contribution.

Below, I will use the sign: --- for totally related words, while the sign: ~~~ will be used for partially related words.

1. VERBS & NOUNS

March (English) --- MACHY
Kill (English) --- KATL
Parole (French), Call (English) --- KALA (verb), KAWL (noun)
Altitude (English) --- OLOW
Matter (English) --- MADDA
All, Full, Whole (English) --- KUL
Capt (English; French: capturer) --- KABD (meaning “to have between the hands”, to catch)
Tourner (French; English: to turn) ~~~ DAÎRA (circle), DAWRA (loop)
Dunum (old Gaulish) --- MADINA (meaning town)
Mesga (old Gaulish, English: to mix) --- MAZIJ (meaning mixture)
Nai (Greek) --- NAAM (meaning yes)
Agni ( Sanskrit, Latin: ignis) --- JAHANNAM (meaning the hell)
This / That (English) --- HADA
Through, road (English) ~~~ TAREK (hebrew: DEREK, old akkadian : DARAGGU)
Horn (English; Latin: cornu) --- KARN
Earth (English; German: erde) --- ARD
Terre (French, Latin: terra?) --- TARA (old arabic)
Over (English; German: ûber) ~~~ ABRA
Cave (English; French: caverne) ---- KAHF
Field (English; German: aker) ---- HAKL
Combien (French) ---- KAM (meaning “how much”)
Mat (Russian) --- MATA (to die)
Bauen (German) --- BANA (to built), hence: BAIT (house)
Here (German) --- HONA

2. PRONOUNS

Thou (English) --- ANTA
He (English) --- HOUWA
Them, Whom (English) ~~~ HOM
NOUS (French) --- NAHNOU

3. NUMBERS

Two (English) --- ITNAIN ---> Twain (English) --- TAWAM (Aramaic: Thoma)
Six (Englich) --- SITTA
Sieben (German) --- SABAA

I believe that the words for 3 (three --- TALATA), 4 (four ---ARBAA) and 8 (eight --- TAMANIA) are also related.

4. ANIMALS

Goat (English) --- JADY
Taureau (French) --- TAWR
Caballos (ancient Gaulish) --- KHAIL (meaning horse)
Horse (English) --- FARAS
Quelp (Scottish) --- KALB
Cat (English) --- KET

5. ADJECTIVES

Tall (English) --- TAWIL
Palaeos (Greek) --- BALI (meaning old)
Vast (English), gewaltig (German) --- WASÎ<br>
6. HUMAN BODY MEMEBERS

Hand (English) --- YAD
Neck (English) --- ONOK
Né (French) --- ANF
Eye (English) --- AIN
Aus (Indoeuropean) --- OZON (meaning ear)
Haare (German; Hair, english) --- CHAAR
Body (English) --- BADAN
Padam (Sanskrit) --- KADAM (meaning foot)

7. FAMILY MEMBERS

Pather (Latin) --- AB
Mather (Latin) --- OM
Uncle (English) --- KHAL
Lad (Scottish), Child (English) --- WALAD


NOTES:

- The list above is not exhaustive, It doesn’t contain the words borrowed from Arabic during the crusades which were times of long contact between Moslems (mainly Arabs) and Christians,

- I believe that other Semitic languages still use words which were abandoned by Arabic and which have their correspondents in European languages,

- These similarities aren’t numerous enough to prove a common origin of the Semitic and Indo-European languages. However, they can enable us to believe in an early contact between Proto-Indo-European & Proto-Semitic peoples, which is in favour of the idea of a SOUTHERN Indo-European homeland, since the Semitic homeland is situated somewhere in the middle east (I believe it to be Eastern Mesopotamia).

[dandan]

Do a google search for "nostratic", lingustic super-group encompassing IE, AA, Caucasian and Finno-Ugric, I think. This may of course already be terribly passe in the world of comparative philology, or whatever they call it.

[xxx]

I can't see what's so similar on those words, they don't look any similar.. at all! Besides, the Arabic words are transliterations from Arabic scripts.

[Berter]

Mynydd said:

I can't see what's so similar on those words, they don't look any similar.. at all! Besides, the Arabic words are transliterations from Arabic scripts.

You dont see the similarities cause you simply dont know arabic! ... : you cannot affirm that 2 men look like if you only know one of them !!.....

[Mast]

Also, Kahf and Jahannam come from Persian.

[zain]

some words that could be related to Nostratic language theory

earth =arad in arabic =arad in germinc
cafe =cahaf
cute= cut'a
safe= sa'efa
poore = boora
coffin = cafan
home=h'om
core = core
tall = tol =tull

[k5125]

Mast said:

Also, Kahf and Jahannam come from Persian.

Jahannam sounds very close to Gehenna.

[Melnorme]

Jahannam isn't from Persian, it's from Hebrew.

The Hebrew word for 'hell' is nothing but a concatenation of two words - Gai Henom - the valley of Henom. It's located near Jerusalem. In ancient times, they used to burn waste there or something.

[zain]

Intersting one :
bale = bala