=?utf-8?Q?=D0=AF=D0=B7=D1=8B=D1=87=D0=B5=D1=81=D1=82=D0=B2=D0=BE_?=- Yazidi?

Mon Aug 25 21:16:37 UTC 2014

The origin of this in Hebrew is clearly "goy" (nation/people, pl. "goyim"), which is frequently used in the Bible to refer to surrounding pagan nations (though it can also refer to Israel).  

A synonym, significantly less common, but used in the same way is "uma" (aleph-mem-he), which to me looks tantalizingly close to nun-aleph-mem (to speak, cf. "n'um" -- utterance, initial n is weak in Hebrew roots), though my etymological dictionary says otherwise (deriving it from aleph-mem-mem -- an unclear root). The word "lashon" (tongue) is used in the Bible to mean "people" only once.  

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From: "R. M. Cleminson" <rmcleminson at POST.SK>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 3:57:34 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Язычество - Yazidi?

Slavonic язычьникъ, which corresponds to языци in the sense of "the nations", is a calque from Greek ἐθνικός, corresponding to τὰ ἔθνη in the same sense, in exactly the same way as Latin "gentilis" (>English "gentile") corresponds to Latin gentes.  I don't know Hebrew, but anyone who does will be able to tell us the origin of all this in Biblical translation.
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