Martin Bernal's conjectured Semitic Etymologies of Greek words

References are to vol and page in "Black Athena".

Words

Greek word meaning Semitic root meaning vol,page
HO, HE the HA the I,51
BOMOS high place, altar BAMAH - I,57
GAIA, GE earth GAYE (Canaanite) earth I,57
HAIMA blood, spirit HAYIM life I,60
KUDOS divine glory root QDS sacred I,60
KUDOS vile root QDS unclean I,60
NAOS dwelling, temple root NWH - I,60

Proper names

Greek Name meaning Semitic root meaning vol,page
IARDANOS river name JORDAN - I,49
SAM- (Samos, Samothrace...) root SMM high I,49
KARY-, KARYAT- city name stem QRT town I,50
MEGARA city name MGRT cave I,50
MYKENAI Mycaene MAHANEH camp/two camps I,51

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