The Origin of the English Word "Miracle" and the Slavic " 'Choudo/Cud"/" 'Dyvo"
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
by IvanPetryshyn
Ivan Petryshyn
The origin of the English word "miracle" seems to be an easy problem to solve: it originated from the Latin word "miraculum" which can be decoded as "mira+oculus"= suprised at the vision of the eyes. The element of the sense of vision is, yet, present in a Slavic word "navazh'dieniye" = na+vazhd (vision/vidieti)+nie(=ione, ionus, ionum). The word is very close by its meaning to a form of the Latin "quaero, que visi " (inquire into, question). The other Latin words like "quo?" (for what purpose?). One cannot leave behind the Latin expression" quo est?" (questio) which corresponds to the Ukrainian word "za'pytouvaty". The Ukrainian "dyvo'vyzhnyy" has the same meaning as dyvo (see, plz, below). The Czech word " 'di'vadlo" has, besides its original meaning also the sense of the reflection, as a "Wunder/wonder/'dyvo" has in its sense the connotation of reflection as well, that of the Heavens.
The German word "Wunder" has something to be done with the English "wonder" whci might have been the derivative from an ancient "* hwander" (as Latin quander? or quando? /what time?/ or "quantus" / how great?/ with the same connotation as the Ukrainian word " 'sumniv", "sumni'vatysia" /a doubt, to doubt/. The word can be atomized into 'summus" (the highest) or "sumere, sumo" (to adopt as suitable), i.e. to accept as an acce[ptable psychological operation of human nature to see a miraculus/'dyvo. the second part of the Ukr. word can be taken as Latin "vastus" (awe-inspiring) or as "vatisinatio" (predicting/prophesying. Also, one might try another operation: "sumnivatysia" = su+mnemo/mnymyy//mnimyy/ (poss. - a thought)- all of the mentioned are very close to the Greek "THai'Ma" (miracle). The Ukrainian word for that is "'dyvo", "dyvu'vatysia" (a wonder,to wonder) which is very close to the Sinhala and Gypsy word "dev'lah" (god) or Indian "devali" prompting the heavens' origin of the happening/event. Compare with the English "devine" or Italian "divino" (of the Heavens, of God's origin).
Ivan Petryshyn
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)This was interesting- hard to get through, but I persevered and finally made it. The origin of words and names has always interested me. Thanks-- Ella
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