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Some Notes to the Etymons of English Words,

John Thomson (1826)1  jwr47 

Introduction

The first chapter explains a great number of names and wordings. Unfortunately the manuscript's

scans are graphics and do not allow a search procedure. Some samples will be documented in plain

text.

Due to the age of the manuscript (found in an interesting collection of Scribd-papers at dravivararo)

most derivations may be deviating from modern etymology. Still some of the author's ideas seem

reasonable.

Even at the time of Shakespeare the spelling has been arbitrary, as he occasionally varied his name

in writing. Initially letters have been understood as both hieroglyphics or runes: sacred symbolsused in an atmosphere of superstition2. 

Notes

I documented the following extract from the web-manuscript Etymology of English Words, (for the

simplicity of documenting details) to be followed by some scans.

A special selection has been made to gather information for the English ego-pronoun I, Y, the

correlating Yes, Yea and for the divine names (Tor/Tyr).

The Gothic ij or double J ist the origin of our letter  y and corresponds with the Saxon ge as used in

 geclad , which we pronounce  yclad . This may explain why the eij -word transmuted to eg, ieg (andthe Dutch ic ?).

In a superstitious sense the repetitive use of vowels empowered the words. Sequencing the vowels

increased intensity. Y, Æ, A, SA form  yeasa, contracted to  yes. This made the word as strong as a

confirmation could be. The Saxon E and Teutonic Æ (as continuance, sameness) express law, right,

 justice (the  Æ in Latin Equalitas/Æqualitas). AA perhaps in a repetition represents a body of water.

 AAA's triple (multiple increased) repetition, corresponds to aye (infinity).

Repetition may also have been practiced in the Mediterranean ego-pronounce (ieu. Provencal) and

the Alpine equivalents iou and iau. The yes-words in French iou are similar powerful vowel-

sequences. Of course the same principle may have been applied to intensify the divine names  Dieu,

 Diou and Diaus.

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Up to now dravivararo published 133 Scribd-documents with lots of etymological details, such as:

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• Etymology of Four-Root Meaning Wasting/Reduction as evidenced and preservedin

Roman "IV" (One Reduced from Five)

• Etymology of Five-Root from Fingers of Hand as evidenced and preserved inRoman

"V"

3

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Etymology of English Words• indoeuropean personal pronouns[1]

• indoeuropean dictionary[1]

3 One folk etymology has it that the V represented a hand as in Tamil, the word aindhu isderived from the word kai(hand). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals)

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Observations

Dutch names (page 4)

The Gauls used a G at the beginning of Words where the Goths had a W → guard / ward, guile /

wile, guise /wise.

• Lower Brittany is named Gwelled (low country) → Guelder – Gelderland.

• Val (in Old French) was low → Walloon.

• Gothic Flalander (Flat Landers) → Flanders

 Divine names (page 6)

 Bodh, Vods, Bogd  (Indian, Tartars, Russians) and  But, Bud, Wud  (...), Qud  or  Khode (…) are

different pronunciations of Wodan.

Negations (page 6)

 Na ofur is the Irish Nufur (devil, the infernal), which is the opposite of  Jofur (the supreme).

Switzerland (page 9)

 Schweitz (Swedsk) was a Swedish colony (??)

 Albion (page 11)

 Albion may have been albae pinnae (white cliffs)

Welsh Al pen and Irish Al ben correspond with Latin alta pinna (the Alps).

 Hispania had been derived from Cispinna (this side of the Pyrennees).

Portugal had been derived from Porto Cale (Oporto).

Scots (page 12)

 Scots (scouts) had been understood as wanderers, whose boats were known as skiota (Belgic

schuit ) 

Z and T (page 13) Zur = Tyre, Zuria = Syria. (see the Tor-entry).

London and Dublin share a pool (page 14)

 London in Welsh and Armoric is lyn din (the lake or  pool town).

 Lugdunum is the Latin name for Leyden and Lyons.

 Dublin, the Irish Dubh Linne (black  pool )

The letter Y (page 18)

The Gothic ij or double J ist the origin of our letter  y and corresponds with the Saxon ge as used in

 geclad , which we pronounce yclad .

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The vowels and yes (page 18)

The Gothic A, Æ, E, I, Y resemble each other in meaning. Sequencing these vowels increased

intensity. Y, Æ, A, SA form yeasa, contracted to yes. The Gothic SA corresponds to the Sanskrit AS ,

our is or so.

Negating words (page 18, 19)The Gothic U , our un, was a direct negative and reserved any word to which is was prefixed.

The Gothic RA indicated a line (or straightness and rightness).

Ura, out of line is wry.

Ueru (war) contrasts to roi, ru eyru (peace)

Uman = not-man (woman, feminine) (??) → in contrast to womb-man (??)

Uvel = not well, evil, contracted to ill.

Ueast = the contrary to east (→ west)

 A, AA and AAA (page 20)

 A may have formed the present tense of the verb to be. This verb had  E as an imperative, which

 became be, the Gothic ve. The r was added to E or A.

 A in the sense of holding, was converted to ha → to have ( in French avoir ). A in the sense holding

also produced owing , I ought to pay → I have to pay.

The Saxon E and Teutonic Æ (as continuance, sameness) express law, right, justice (the Æ in Latin

Equalitas).

 AA perhaps in a repetition represents a body of water , a lake, mær or a sea. Leifen, Lauffen, Lippy,

Liffy, Leven are river names.

 AAA, triple (multiple increased) repetition, corresponds to aye (infinity).

Gud (page 21)

Gud-man in Scottish is a wedded (sworn) man.

The divine names for the Divine Being or the sky God's name may be correlating:

O.E. god "supreme being, deity," from P.Gmc. *guthan (cf. Du. god, Ger. Gott, O.N. Guð,

Goth. guþ), from PIE *ghut- "that which is invoked" (cf. Skt. huta- "invoked," an epithet

of Indra)4,

Eyga (oen) (page 21)

 Eyga has been derive from the pronoun eg or ey, me and e or ae (“personal property”).

Our verb “own” (Teutonic iahen) → to say ay, to acknowledge.

The Latins probably adopted the Gothic a ja to form ajo, anciently ego, to yea; nego – to deny. The

Gothic J being synonymous with A, identity in old English, expresses individuality. When used as a

 personal pronoun it must be accompanied by a sign indicating self .

Ver (page 21)

Ver (spring) is the beginning of the row (ra) of an ae ( year). From ær we have early and erst (first).

4 Etymology of the words Divine, Theo, Demon, Deva from the Tamil word.

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 Ay Ay (page 22)

Our exclamation ay ay is the Gothic aja, ia, so so.

Dubium (page 22)

 Doubt (dubium) = two ways (compare: Oder : two ways).

Tuifal , (Teutonic zweifal) = Two cases

Out (page 23)

 But (from uit - out)

French Mais (from → magis)

 Belgic Mar (from → moreover)

I (page 23)

 I or  In is the contrary of out .

Gothic minna = to kiss.

 Money = a coin with a face.

Remedy (page 24)

 Re-medy = re-medium (medicine).

Runes (page 24-25)

Runes are related to the tree “White Beam” (run or rountree) and weight (holy, sacred). Hence weused the root in Whitby, the isle of Whight 5.

 Druids may have been derived from trees (Russian dru, Welsh derw).  Alraun was the herb

mandrake, used in sorcery6.

Numbering system (page 26-27)

Arithmetic started with a finger system. The Gothic teiga (to extend) produced tiga, tein (ten).

Hence in Dutch twintig (20), dertig (30), etc.

The Welsh count  fifteen one (16),  fifteen two (17), in which the hand  is 5. Two hands is 10.

 Haunder (plural: “hands”) may represent a hundred .

The Roman numbering system has been documented at page 26-27:

• The Greek B stood for two → B einos became Bis

• A half of  X (10, in Greek χ) is V (5).

• C  (100) = Centum, from the small circle (O-micron). The square □ (hundred) may have

 been intersected diagonally, resulting in L (50, one half).

•  M  is Mega, derived from the big circle (O-mega) (ɷ, Ω or CIϽ). The circular letter  O

(Omega) may have been divided to produce 2 x D (for 500, → half a thousand), in Greek Φ.

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Scanned information

The Ego-Pronoun I 

The ego-pronoun I was used by the Goths and English instead of their ia, our  yea, and was written y

 by Shakespeare (and Wycliffe!). The Arabs say y for me.

The Gothic ij or double J ist the origin of our letter  y and corresponds with the Saxon ge as used in

 geclad , which we pronounce  yclad . This may explain why the eij -word transmuted to eg, ieg and

the Dutch ic.

Yes

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Tor, Thor, Tyr, Jupiter 

Tory 

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Yule

Good 

 Aye

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Y 

Yea

Wry 

Ye, Yea

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ContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................................................................1

 Notes.....................................................................................................................................................1

Observations.........................................................................................................................................3

Dutch names (page 4)......................................................................................................................3

Divine names (page 6)..........................................................................................................................3

 Negations (page 6)...........................................................................................................................3Switzerland (page 9).......................................................................................................................3

Albion (page 11)..............................................................................................................................3

Scots (page 12).................................................................................................................................3

Z and T (page 13).............................................................................................................................3

London and Dublin share a pool (page 14)......................................................................................3

The letter Y (page 18)......................................................................................................................3

The vowels and yes (page 18)..........................................................................................................4

 Negating words (page 18, 19)..........................................................................................................4

A, AA and AAA (page 20)...............................................................................................................4

Gud (page 21)..................................................................................................................................4

Eyga (oen) (page 21)........................................................................................................................4

Ver (page 21)....................................................................................................................................4

Ay Ay (page 22)...............................................................................................................................5

Dubium (page 22)............................................................................................................................5

Out (page 23)...................................................................................................................................5

I (page 23)........................................................................................................................................5

Remedy (page 24)............................................................................................................................5

Runes (page 24-25)..........................................................................................................................5

 Numbering system (page 26-27).....................................................................................................5

Scanned information.............................................................................................................................6

The Ego-Pronoun I...........................................................................................................................6Yes....................................................................................................................................................6

Tor, Thor, Tyr, Jupiter......................................................................................................................7

Tory..................................................................................................................................................7

Yule..................................................................................................................................................8

Good.................................................................................................................................................8

Aye...................................................................................................................................................8

Y.......................................................................................................................................................9

Yea...................................................................................................................................................9

Wry..................................................................................................................................................9

Ye, Yea.............................................................................................................................................9