I stumbled across this and realized what I was seeing when I was studying Afrikaans - though now I can't recall exactly what triggered my realization that whole and heal are cognates with overlapping meaning. In our New Age philosophies, we see "oneness" and healing and feeling whole and... OK, this is a stretch... healthy foods like organic, soy-based granola. That last one can't be a real connection, but it was fun.
After that, hale, heil and holy (but not holey - an antonymic homonym) were the most fun to link.
I'm not convinced that I'm completely on top of what this list is about but it's a promising beginning. I hope it develops further and that I learn some more.
umlando commented on the list cognates-for-physical-integrity
I stumbled across this and realized what I was seeing when I was studying Afrikaans - though now I can't recall exactly what triggered my realization that whole and heal are cognates with overlapping meaning. In our New Age philosophies, we see "oneness" and healing and feeling whole and... OK, this is a stretch... healthy foods like organic, soy-based granola. That last one can't be a real connection, but it was fun.
After that, hale, heil and holy (but not holey - an antonymic homonym) were the most fun to link.
December 27, 2007
rolig commented on the list cognates-for-physical-integrity
also hail, as in "Hail, Caesar!" and, for the Christmas season, wassail, from the Old English wæs hæil, "be in good health".
December 27, 2007
bilby commented on the list cognates-for-physical-integrity
I'm not convinced that I'm completely on top of what this list is about but it's a promising beginning. I hope it develops further and that I learn some more.
December 27, 2007