[etni] Color words and the Forget Me Not flower

  • From: Israel Cohen <cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:53:27 +0300

For an alphabetical chart of color words, see
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/colors.shtml
Flowers are often named for their color. No doubt this facilitates their
recognition. The
"foRGet Me Not" flower is probably a phono-semantic matching of the Hebrew
word (using @ for aleph)
@aRGaMoN = purple, violet. For images of this flower, see
http://tinyurl.com/pnxc3ku

Compare German VeRGiss Mich Nicht and Yiddish *פ*אַ*רג*עסן *מ*יר *נ
*י*ט*

Best regards,
Izzy
cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx

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