Chapter 26
The following words may be reversals caused by the meeting of peoples with different directions of writing, as could easily occur between Hebrew, Etruscan, Greek and Latin, with Etruscan territory well placed in Asia Minor and elsewhere to be the meeting place.
This list is meant to be merely provisional and suggestive. No claim of certainty is made.
| Abbreviations: | |
| Akk., | Akkadian |
| Ar., | Arabic |
| Eg., | Egyptian |
| Etr., | Etruscan |
| Ger., | German |
| Gk., | Greek |
| Heb., | Hebrew |
| Lat., | Latin |
| Slav., | Slavonic |
| akra | point, peak, Gk.; arca, chest, Lat. |
| ames | sceptre, Eg.; sema, sign, Gk. |
| Anath | Athene |
| Anu Rav | Great Anu; Varuna |
| ar | Ra |
| ardeo | burn, Lat.; drao, do, Gk. |
| aresko | please, Gk.; kasher, pleasing, right, Heb. |
| argos | shining, Gk.; gora, mountain, Slav. |
| ari | lion, Heb.; ira, anger, Lat. |
| aspid- | shield, Gk.; dipas, cup, Mycenean Gk. |
| Assaracus | currus, chariot, Lat. |
| balta | axe, Arabic; dolabra, Lat. |
| baradh | hailstones, Heb.; thorubos, noise, Gk. |
| beth | house, Heb.; Thebes. |
| bosheth | shame, idol, Baal, Heb.; Teshub |
| cepen | priest, Etr.; Nephesh, spirit, Heb. |
| charath | engrave, Heb.; trachys, rough, Gk. |
| cherebh | hand, arm, Heb.; bracchium, arm, Lat. |
| chets | stechen, prick, Ger. |
| chlamud- | cloak of a Greek general; dhu melekh, hidden king. Gaelic dhu = dark, hidden, as in skean dhu, hidden dagger. Cf. sakin, knife, Heb. |
| clava | club, Lat.; pilakku, Akk.; pelekus, axe, Gk. |
| cortina | cauldron, power of the horns, Lat.; Tarquin |
| cras | tomorrow, Lat.; shark, east, Ar. |
| Culsu | an Etruscan god; sulcus, furrow, Lat.; -cello, strike, Lat. |
| dabhar | speak, Heb.; rabid-, raving, Lat. |
| dam | blood, Heb.; madere, to be wet, Lat. |
| dolabra | axe, Lat.; vladetj, to be powerful, Slav. |
| Dolopes | name of a people in Thessaly; peladha, iron, Heb. |
| edher | garment, splendour, Heb.; rete, net, Lat. |
| falando | sky, Etr.; tlabrys, axe, Gk.; dolabra, Lat. |
| Farsi | Persian; saraph, burn a corpse, Heb. |
| garbh | west, Ar.; vrag, enemy, Slav. |
| gibor | leader, hero, Heb.; robigo, redness, Lat. |
| hebhel | idol, nothingness, Heb.; levis, light, Latin |
| hemisus | half, Gk.; ims, Etr.; semi, Lat. |
| Hermes | Mercurius |
| herit | fear, Eg.; tru, Etr. |
| hule | wood, Gk.; el, Heb.; ucha, Eg., divine pillar. |
| hulsna | libation, Etr.; schlucken, drink, Ger. |
| iacche | a cry to Bacchus; chai, alive, Heb. |
| irp | wine, Eg.; vere, wine, Etr. |
| keilaph | hoe, axe, Heb.; pelekus, sacrificial axe, Gk. |
| keneset | church, Heb.; sancio, bring to life, Lat. |
| kerata | horns, Gk.; tark, bull, Etr. |
| labrys | axe, Gk.; rabh al, great Al |
| lahat | flame, Heb.; thallo, sprout, flourish, Gk. |
| limen | harbour, Gk.; namal, harbour, Heb. |
| lituus | augur's rod; utilis, useful, Lat. |
| logos | word, Gk.; qol, Heb.; golos, voice, Slav. |
| losk | gleam, Etr.; luscus, one-eyed, Lat.; kashil, hoe, axe, Heb. |
| Luz | stulos, pillar, Gk. |
| mare | sea, Lat.; ram, high, Heb. |
| marun | staff, Etr.; norma, staff, measuring rod, Lat. |
| mitra | tiara, Gk.; ar, fire; time, honour, Gk. |
| mors | death, Lat. [stem mort-]; tromos, fear, Gk. |
| naga | snake, Sanskrit; agan, too much [hubris?], Gk. |
| necht | to be strong [picture of a man holding a stick; Budge, Egyptian Language p. 45]; techne skill, Gk. |
| nekros | corpse, Gk.; or, light, kenos, empty |
| nemeton | grove, Celtic; temenos, shrine, Gk. |
| nemmet | slaughter block, Eg.; temno, cut, Gk. |
| neter | divine, Eg.; antron, cave, Gk., Retenu, Eg. |
| pach | metal plate, snare, danger, Heb.; in the plural, pachim, lightning; hap, to hide, Eg. |
| patagos | sound of striking, Gk.; kitab, writing, Ar. |
| pelekus | axe, Gr.; Peleg, Heb.; kolpe, a blow, Gk. |
| pogon | beard, Gk.; naghaph, smite, Heb.; pogonias aster is a bearded star, i. e. comet, Gk. |
| Prasiae | saraph, to burn, Heb. |
| prezu | tornado, Etr,; stirp-, tree trunk, Lat. |
| qal | swift, Heb.; alacer, swift, Lat. |
| raqs | dance, Ar.; sacer, sacred, Lat. |
| rex | king, Lat.; sacer |
| rupes | rock, crag, Lat.[ stem rup-]; pyr, fire, Gk. |
| Rutuli | a Latin tribe; tur, bull, Etr. |
| sakin | knife, Heb.; nachush, bronze, Heb. |
| schlafen | sleep, Ger.; uples, sleep, Etr. |
| sentra | incense, Eg.; ar Thanasa, fire of Thanasa |
| shemal | north, Ar.; El ames, El's sceptre |
| siu | god, Hittite; vis, force, Gk. and Lat. |
| subura | assembly; urbs, city, Lat. |
| taphar | sew together, Heb.; rhapto, sew, Gk. |
| thans | life, Etr.; senatus, Lat.; Tanz, dance, Ger. |
| thumos | high spirits, Gk.; Muth, spirit, courage, Ger. |
| thura | door, Gk.; ar uth, fire road, Etr. vates life, Lat.; ghiv, alive, Sanskrit |