Avvakum
Margarita Orlova
margarita at RENT-A-MIND.COM
Thu Nov 1 21:45:28 UTC 2007
> 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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