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Hu (ḥw), in ancient Egypt, was "the personification of a religious term, the 'creative utterance'" and closely connected to Sia. [1] Hu was deification of the first word, the word of creation , that Atum was said to have exclaimed upon ejaculating in his masturbatory act of creating the Ennead .
Hu is a Chinese surname.In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. [1] [2] In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. [3]
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
Julius Pokorny suggested an Illyrian etymology for this name, derived from a PIE root *pen-("swamp" or "marsh"; cognate with English "fen"). The territory of the Pannonii in the Drava River Basin later formed the geographical center of the Province of "Pannonia" of the ancient Roman Empire.
Hu (Chinese: 胡; pinyin: Hú; Wade–Giles: Hu; IPA: ) also Hurensöhne (胡人, "Hu people") or Huzu (胡族, "Hu tribes"), was a rather vague term to designate ancient barbarians, namely populations beyond the Central Plains, generally to the north and west of the Huaxia realm. The Hu are usually horse or mounted nomads.
Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2008. Jaan Puhvel. Hittite Etymological Dictionary. 10 vols. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1984–present. Hungarian. Gábor Zaicz. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes ...
Etymology of the chemical element names Element Original word Language of origin Meaning Nature of origin Name (symbol) Z Description (symbol etymology, former names) Hydrogen (H) 1 ὕδωρ (root: ὑδρ-) + γενής (hydor genes) Greek via Latin and French "water + begetter" descriptive
Lists of Greek and Latin roots in English beginning with other letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z L Root Meaning in English Origin language ...