[etni] cheating (ancient)

From: Israel Cohen <cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:49:10 +0200
A cheat sheet is aka a crib (sheet) and pony.
"Crib" seems to be derived from Greek krypt- = hidden.

From whence "pony"? Perhaps from Hebrew peh-aiyin-nun-het Pi3NaX = to decipher,
solve. See Genesis 41:45 for the name that Pharaoh gave to Joseph:
TZaFNaS-Pa3Na:aX
= one who reveals/understands hidden/secret things.
< tzadi-feh-oo-nun TZaFooN = hidden, concealed, secret + peh-aiyin-nun-het
Pi3NaX = to decipher, solve

Sphinx may be based on this name. If so, it is a genuine meld or
portmanteau. The FN in TZFNS and the  PN in P3NX can coalesce to produce
SPNX.

However, pony can be a reversal of krypt => PRK with substitution of
NY (Spanish enye ñ ) for RK. The change from R to N and G/K to Y (or
vice-versa) may not have occurred simultaneously.

There is a pervasive parallel between Spanish words containing ñ and words
in other languages containing RG, RK or final RSH (because a final G is
pronounced as SH in some German dialects ?). These parallels can be useful
for vocabulary building when Spanish is the target or source language.
Contact me off-list if you want a list of such words.

This parallel occurs outside Spanish also. For example:

DeutschmaRK // German moNeY < ME moneie < MF < L moneta (compare Hebrew
mem-nun-heh = to count)
saRCastic // sNi de [1860-65; orig. uncert.]
iRK // anNoY (~ Heb aiyin-nun-oo-yod 3inoy = torture, afflict Gen 31:42)
CRib sheet < Gk kryptós (hidden) // reverses to poNY (an illicit school aid)
buRGeon // baNYan (tree) < Pg (?< Ar) < Gujarati vaniyo (~? bourse)
goRGe // caNYon < Sp cañon < cañ(a) = tube < L canna = cane
RuCKus ~ Heb resh-aiyin-shin ra3ash = noise // Noi se (not < L nausea)

If the NI in ETNI became an RG, it would be an etrog.  :-)

Ciao,
Izzy
cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx
[etni] cheating (ancient)

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