Hi Isaac, Isn't KARKAR just another circle word.
Isaac Mozeson says: "CYCLE is from Greek kuklos (circle); the alleged Indo-European “root” is k(w)el (to revolve, move around, sojourn, dwell). The guttural shift from גל GL to KL mathches what the AHD found to reconstruct their “root.” גל GahL is a circular mound or wave – see GALE. עגיל GHaGeeYL is a ring or earring (Numbers 31:50). עגל [A]GahL is to roll; עגל [A]GoaL means round (I Kings 7:31). עגול GHeeGOOL is a circle (IKings7:23). The Indo-European “root” for CIRCLE, sker (to turn, bend), is related to the sound of סחר $aK[H]aR (to travel around), while the meanings of Indo-European k(w)el match the GR word גור GooWR (dwell, sojourn - Genesis32:5). Greek kirkos (a ring), Sanskrit cakram (circle), and Russian krug (circle) indicate that a double-guttural + liquid [K-K/G-L/R] is the more common axis to spin words of roundness on. Edenic offers: גלגל GaLGahL (wheel), גלגל GiLGaiL (to roll, revolve, wander), K[H]ahG (to make a cycle: a cyclical holy day – see HAGIOGRAPHA ), חגור K[H]ahGOAR (belt), כרכור KIRKOOR (circle: to whirl), עגלה GHaGaLaH (cart, wagon), עגלגלת [A]GooLGeLeT (elliptic), and קערה Q’GHahRaH (bowl). For the vowel-Ayin with Gimel – see EGG. http://www.edenics.net/english-word-origins.aspx?word=CIRCLE Jonathan Mohler On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I see no evidence that the act KARKAR is 'to whirl', but I know that some > think so. Some 100 years ago when a Hebrew equivalent was sought for > "dreidl", > the great Hebrew poet X. N. Bialik suggested KIRKAR, but it failed to take > hold, > and what is used now is סביבון SBIYBON, from the act SABAB, 'go around', > as the classical Hebrew nursery rhyme says
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