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Joannes Richter
Abstract
Studying language we may be struck by the idea of a backbone as a basic structure to keep the
linguistic body upright.
In the course of time I concentrated on some fundamental keywords and discovered “ay” as a great-
grandfather in the Futhark alphabet, which I remembered to have met in the Sumerian water-codes
“a → aya → ayaya”.
I remember the one-vowel word “a” had been chosen to define “seed-water”, to be followed by
“aya” (“father”) and “ayaya” (“grandfather”). These words had been dated ~5000 years ago at
~3000 BCE.
I did not remember the code-word for great-grandfather but I guess any Sumerian citizen may have
understood the imaginary expression “ayayaya” (for great-grandfather).
The Germanic runic alphabet has been founded on a central “ai”-, respectively “ia”-core, including
the words ai (great-grandfather), æ (I, eternal) and “aye” (“always, ever”). The word ai (great-
grandfather) seemed to have been inherited from Sumerian “aya”, but the definition had been
shifted a few generations and lost the repetitive mode.
The Sumerian word ama (“mother”) matches the Basque's word “ama” for “mother”. The Sumerian
root aya (“father”) matches the Basque's word “aita” for “father”. Both correlations indicate 5000
years of age for these Basque words.
In the Sami languages the words for Grandfather such as aajja and áddjá also correlate to the
Sumerian words aya and adda for “father”.
In the archaic Futhark, Greek and Latin alphabets the vowel pillars (for supporting the sky) seem to
be centered around the letters H and I, which represent the vowels H (Æ) and I. Generally the
corresponding keywords are iæ (“each”, “every”), respectively æi (“eternal”).
In Sumerian, Basque, Sami, Germanic, Greek and Latin vocabularies these vowel-words a, aya,
ayaya, ai, æ, iæ, æi, aye, ama, aita, aajja, adda, áddjá seem to represent the backbone for
“carrying the sky”.
The Sumerian keywords “a”, “ay”, “ad”, “ab” 1
Inspecting the ePSD (→ Sumerian Sign-name Index) I discovered there were three different trees
for the word “grandfather”, which all had been using different roots. The oldest roots were either:
• from ~3000 BCE: “a” (“water”, maybe sperm), → “aya” (father”) → Ayaya ("grandfather")
• from ~3000 BCE: “ad” (“voice”, “cry”) → “adda” (father”) → Adadda ("grandfather")
• from ~2500 BCE; “ab” (“sea”, “seawater” ?)→ “abba” (father”)→ Adadda ("grandfather").
Ayaya (~2000 BCE) aya [FATHER] (~3000 BCE) a [WATER] (~3000 BCE)
"grandfather" Old Akkadian, Ur III, Early Old aya [CRY] (~2000 BCE)
(3x: old babylonian) Babylonian, Old Babylonian) (Old Babylonian)
wr. ayayax(|a.a.a|); a wr. a-a; aya2; a-ia "father" wr. a; u3 "a cry of woe; to
Akk. abu cry, groan"
Akk. ahulap; nâqu
Obviously the mother had to be interpreted as the connection between the ego-pronoun ĝe26 (“I”)
and the heaven respectively the Dingir or sky-symbol (An). The royal and radiating sky-symbol
may also have represented the sky-god.
Basque language
In the database's NorthEuraLex 0.9 we may select the symbol “Grandmother” respectively
“Grandfather” and find a great number of adequate correlations:
In Basque the roots for these words correlate to the Sumerian roots, dated 3000 BCE.
• The Sumerian word ama (“mother”) matches the Basque's word “ama” for “mother”.
• The Sumerian root aya (“father”) matches the Basque's word “aita” for “father”.
Both correlations indicate 5000 years of age for these Basque words.
ePSD (→ Sumerian
NorthEuraLex 0.9 entries
Sign-name Index)
Language Parental relation Parental relation Pronunciation Sumerian root
Basque mother ama ama ama (mother)
Basque father aita ɑjta aya (father)
Sami languages
In the Sami languages the words for Grandfather such as aajja and áddjá also correlate to the
Sumerian words aya and adda for “father”:
ePSD (→ Sumerian
NorthEuraLex 0.9 entries
Sign-name Index)
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Sami language Father Grandfather Father
Father Grandfather
Inari Sami eeči eːttʃi äijih æijih aya
Kildin Sami аджь adtʒ аайя aːja aya
Lule Sami áhttje ahːttʃɛ áddjá adːja aya, adda
Northern Sami áhčči aːhttʃːi áddjá aːɟcaː aya, adda
Skolt Sami e´čč ɛtttʃʲɘ ä´jj aʝːʲɘ aya
Southern Sami aehtjie æːhttʃiɛ aajja ɑːjːa aya
Table 6 Comparison of the Sami parental relations to the corresponding Sumerian words
The correlations for “mother” is not really convincing:
ePSD (→ Sumerian
NorthEuraLex 0.9 entries
Sign-name Index)
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Sami language mother Grandmother Mother
(mother) (Grandmother)
Inari Sami enni enːi ákku ækːu ama, amagan
Kildin Sami еаннҍ jeːɲː аака aːka ama, amagan
Lule Sami iednne tiɛdnːɛ áhkko ahːkutɔ ama, amagan
Northern Sami eadni eeædni áhkku aːhkːʊ ama, amagan
äkk akːɐ ama, amagan
Skolt Sami jeä´n'n ʝɛanʲnɐ
ä´ǩǩ acctçʲɘ ama, amagan
Southern Sami ietnie iɛtniɛ aahka ɑːhka ama, amagan
Table 7 Comparison of the Sami parental relations to the corresponding Sumerian words
Alphabets with a vowel pillar, carrying the sky
The Futhark alphabet has been structured with a keyword ᚠᚢᚦ (fu þ), in which ᚠ may be
representing a digamma (with a range of various phonemes /w/, /f/, /v/, …), to be followed by the
[ᚨ, (ā) – ᛁ (ī)- (ᛟ, ō)] structure. The central ᛁ (ī) may represent a symbolic pillar, which may have
been considered as a pillar to “carry the sky”.
All available Germanic, Greek and Latin alphabets seem to be equipped with these central ᛁ (ī)-
pillars. In fact the pillars may also be considered as combined vowel combinations such as “ai” (in
Germanic language: “great-grandfather”) or æi (in Greek “eternal”); ai (Sami: “Great-grandfather”),
iæ (Dutch: “each”, “ever”).
Elder ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛊ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛟ ᛞ
Futhark f u þ a r k g w h n i j æ p z s t b e m l ŋ o d
ᚢ
ᚠ u/w ᚦ ᚬ ᚴ ᛁ ᛅ ᛏ ᛒ
Younger ᚱ ᚼ ᚾ ᛦ ᛋ ᛘ ᛚ
Futhark f/ , þ, ą, k, — — i, a, — — t, b, — — — —
r h n ʀ s m l
v y, ð o, æ g e æ d p
o, ø
i æ
i æ
i æ
i æ
i æ
Table 8 The younger and elder Futhark -model of the pillar (as a tree), carrying the sky
Ai (“great-grandfather”)
The eternity-core aiϝ” has been based on various different vowels (A, I, U) and is used as a core for
a great number of words.
The runic word “ai” is the “ever”-living great-grandfather. In Sami the “ai”-root is inherited in
“Attje” (“Father”), “attja” (“thunder”) and “aija” (“grandfather”).
1 2 3 4 5 - 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 - - 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
ABGD E ϝ zd æ ᚦ I K L M N xi O P RSTV φι χι ψι oo
æ I
æ I
æ I
æ I
æ I
Table 9 Classical Greek alphabet - Model of the Æ I-pillar (as a tree), carrying the sky
The model of the Latin alphabet with an H-I-vowel pillar
Originally the archaic Roman alphabet (A -D-E-F-H- I -K-M-N-O-S- V ) had been ranging
from Alpha (A) to V (U).
In the archaic alphabets the vowel pillars (for supporting the sky) seem to be centered around the
letters H and I, which represent the vowels H (Æ) and I. Generally the corresponding keyword is iæ
(“each”, “every”), respectively æi (“eternal”).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 22 23 24 25 26
0 1
A - - D E F - H (ae) I - K - M N O - - - S - - V - - - -
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
h i
h i
h i
h i
ae i
ae i
a e i
a e i
Table 10: The Latin alphabet's model of the HI-pillar (as a tree), carrying the sky
Overview of the correlations for parental relations
The overview of the correlations for parental relations now results in: