| ע Ayin is already GH, so becoming an H is hardly a “shift.” That Ayin-to-H change is seen in borrowings as when the Ayin of [I]BHReeY is rendered as the H of Hebrew. While S[A]eeYR (goat, satyr) normally involves goat hair, the Palahvi (Middle Persian) word for the wool-bearing sheep is saora. Other ע Ayin (GH)-to-H changes include: 1) Foreign words like Basque baby, haurra, from עולה GHOOLaH (suckling, infant – Isaiah 49:15) and עולל GHOALaiL (child, infant Lamentations 2:11) – see “GIRL.” Dutch, Danish and Norwegian hals (neck) from Ayin-Lamed, עול GHoaL , yoke, – see “COLLAR” and French hier (yesterday) from Ayin-Bhet-Reshעבר , past – see “OVER.” The Modern Greek village, horio, is from Ayin-Yod-Resh עיר (city – Genesis4 :17). ע Ayin/ GH-to-H shifts occur in languages as close as Anglo-Saxon, where hrǽfen and עורב [O]WRai[V] mean raven, and also occur in languages as exotic as Maidu (California Indians), where hin and עין [A]YiN mean eye. Or, using just English words: 2) HAMADRYAD (a wood nymph) from Greek hama (together, with) plus drys, tree (seen at “TREE”) – hama is from Ayin-Mem, עםGHeeM (with – a likely source for HOMO- and HOMEO- words as well).
3) HARLOT (lewd woman, servant, churl, via Old French) from Ayin-Resh-Lamed, ערלGHaReL (uncircumsized – Exodus 12:48… thus a source for CHURL; ערלה GHaReLaH came to mean a gentile woman ).
4) HEATHEN and HEATH from Ayin-Tsadi, עץGHaiTS, (forest, wood – see “LUTE” – via IE kaito (forest).
5) HEDONISM (from Ayin-Dalen-Noon-Hey , עדנה GHeiDNaH, pleasure – see “HEDONISM”)
6) HELIX (spiral—Greek) from Ayin-Gimel-Lamed , עגלGhaGoaL (round – see “CYCLE”, with other GH-G-L terms metathesizing to HL plus guttural, like HELICOPTER.
7) HERD from Ayin-Dalet-Resh, עדר GHeDeR (flock, herd – see “HERD.”)
8) HERMES (originally the Greek god of “cunning” –Webster’s) from Ayin-Resh-Vav-Mem, ערום GHaROOM, “subtle” (KJV) or “cunning” – Genesis 3:1. See “IRONIC.”
9) HONEY from Ayin-Noon-Gimel, ענג GHoNeG (delight – see “HONEY”
10) HOVER from Ayin-Phey, עף GHahF (to fly – see “AVIATE”). Like HOVER and AVIATE or UP, ע Ayin can provide a word beginning with a vowel, along with a cognate that begins with an H. OVER and HYPER are both from עבר GHaBHahR, over. See the “HYPER” and OVER” entries. ---------
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