Avvakum

[Margarita Orlova]

> Avvakum = AVVA + KUM

cf. English ABBA: In the Old testament, 'Father',  In the New  
Testament, 'God'.

[  from Late Latin "abb", from Greek; from Hebrew 'father', cf. English  
  "abbot"]
  However, in the Middle-Age Greek, the phonetic transformation  
happened: [b->v], thus, the word came into Slavic languages as AVVA,  
[Old Slavonic = "Otche", Vocative of "Otetc" = 'Father']

Hebrew root [qum] included in the word formations, which are signifying  
the act of 'bending' to somebody.

Just my two cents.

Margarita


On Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 10:42  AM, Katz, Michael wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
>
> A student asked me about the origin/etymology of the name Avvakum. Can
> anyone enlighten me so I can pass the information along?
>
> Michael Katz
> Middlebury College
> mkatz at middlebury.edu
>
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