Sentences with phrase «common etymological»

Not exact matches

The etymological legend explaining the origin of names is also common in Genesis.

The notion that this goddess is the axis of the Paraiyars» religion can be inferred from Oppert's etymological explanation: he claims that the name Ellamma is derived from the Tamil ellaam (all or everything) making her «Mother of All».13 In the colony of Malaipallaiyam the predominance of Ellaiyamman is preserved by referring to her both as the «Mother of all beings» and as the eldest sister of all the manifestations of Sakti14 The other common interpretation for the name Ellaiyamman stems from the Tamil word for boundary ellai, making her the Mother / Goddess of the boundaries.15 This is the most prevalent interpretation among the Paraiyars of Malaipallaiyam.

The etymological study of the words poverty (penian) and beggary (ptwcoi) suggest a fine nuance which is normally not noticed by the common translation «the poor.»

I shall assume, moreover, that in formal usage as in common speech the English word «priest» is, like the French prêtre, the equivalent of sacerdos or hiereus, in spite of its etymological derivation from presbyteros.

This curious etymological conflation of biological life and industrial processes leads us to the patinated bronze sculptures of dead fish that litter Katinka Bock's exhibition at The Common Guild.