Algonquian/Germanic and Semitic/Yiddish

[hagoth7]

As mentioned in passing in the Peru thread, I believe that

• the hundreds of correlations demonstrated between Algonquian and germanic (drawing from Norwegian dialects, as documented at length by Redwin T. Sherwin),
• and the existence of Semitic influence in ancient northern Europe, and the very existence of Yiddish

...suggest a few things.

1. Either that Sherwin was right that a thousand years ago, Vikings settled the Americas extensively and taught a germanic tongue (Norse) to Native Americans...

2. Or that Sherwin had things upside down, and was right about the data but wrong about the interpretation, and that the main language migration was instead west (Americas) to east (Europe), and that Algonquian is a remnant of ancient Hagoth-era Nephite and/or Ammonite tongue, and that Nephites/Ammonites brought that language with them to Europe about 2070 years ago, introducing to Europe what is now called Germanic (and perhaps even Yiddish) to that land of inheritance.

2a. With that suggestion, I invite any so inclined to carefully search the Vineland/Vinland/Winland sagas, to see what evidences there might be for some semblance of language comprehension between Vikings and natives. As a test of the Algonquian/Germanic bridge. There is DNA evidence of so-called native-american heritage in early Iceland.

Either geneticists don't yet understand how Nephite/Ammonite heritage in Europe makes DNA findings more interesting than they had assumed (and initial DNA categorizations less concrete than they might prefer)...

...or language affinity between Norse explorers and First Nations allowed for relationships to form more easily. Let's see what the research shows. You choose.

 

• Thoughts?

Edited July 5, 2017 by hagoth7

[hagoth7]

Gonna add this.

I'm not yet married to the idea that Yiddish is solely a Nephite artifact, due to Israelite (ten tribes) and later Jewish migrations to the area. But I do believe that Nephites played a role in its development and preservation.

I believe that a creolized Semitic in northern Europe helped Israelites (ten tribes), Nephites (Israelites), later Jews (Israelites), [and as said elsewhere, perhaps even north-Atlantic Phoenicians] recognize a common heritage, which helped them to bond and, trade, and form alliances in ancient northern Europe...akin to ancient Nephites realizing the Mulekites were their brethren.

Interested in input on the Semitic/Yiddish side of things. 

Edited July 4, 2017 by hagoth7

[hagoth7]

I'm guessing that the likes of Brian Stubbs (Semitic/Egyptian/Native American) and Royal Skousen understanding of earlier germanic (English), a retired SUU linguistics prof (Semitic influence on early Germanic sound shifts) who influenced my walk considerably decades ago, and similar language chefs might have some considerable value to add to this discussion one day.

Edited July 4, 2017 by hagoth7