Re: Clockwise without clocks

On Apr 1, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Ray Brown wrote:
> Scots _deasil_ pronounced variously as [di:zl=], [dEsl=], [deSl=] or
> [di:Sl=] "sunwise movement" <-- Gaelic _deiseil_ "southward, toward(s)
> the
> sun" <-- _deas_ "right[hand], south" +  Old Irish/Gaelic _sel_ (mod.
> Gaelic _seal_) "turning" <-- *swel- (cf. Welsh _chwyl_).
> The words for _south_ and _right-hand_ are the same in the Insular
> Celtic
> langs.
>
And in the Semitic languages! ;D

the root is YMN (as in Yemen)

Many languages have everyday words that aren't the same, though, for
instance the regular word for "south" is _januub_ (IIRC) in Arabic, and
_darom_ in Hebrew.


-Stephen (Steg)
  "...i gave you love / you gave me fire
   i took you in / you took me higher
   if i wasn't what you wanted
   then tell me what it was..."
     ~ cailyn's song #2 ("all of me") by jms