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Comments on: Fire http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/07/fire/ At the Crossroads of Sound and Meaning Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: admin http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/07/fire/#comment-4 admin Wed, 09 May 2007 01:55:16 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/07/fire/#comment-4 Absolutely! And similar (but etymologically unrelated) to <b>burn</b> we have <b>brand</b>, with many of the same properties. When I was looking up <b>burn</b> I saw that it derives from the same root as <b>bourne</b>, an old, old word for a fountain or a spring, still found in many place names. Notice how <b>burn</b> and <b>bourne</b> have opposite-sounding meanings at first glance, but they <i>both</i> refer to what you said: explosive violence, undirected energy, extended indefinitely. Absolutely! And similar (but etymologically unrelated) to burn we have brand, with many of the same properties. When I was looking up burn I saw that it derives from the same root as bourne, an old, old word for a fountain or a spring, still found in many place names. Notice how burn and bourne have opposite-sounding meanings at first glance, but they both refer to what you said: explosive violence, undirected energy, extended indefinitely.

]]> By: Adam Alexander http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/07/fire/#comment-3 Adam Alexander Tue, 08 May 2007 22:39:07 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/05/07/fire/#comment-3 I think the phonosemantics of a related word, Burn, is very interesting... It has the B of explosiveness and violence and the R of energy without a direction... yet it also has the short U, which is described as having plenty of room inside, and the N shows continuous progression... It definitely describes burning, with its violence and unpredictability, yet is also, very clearly, describes the long consumption of its fuel as well... I think the phonosemantics of a related word, Burn, is very interesting…

It has the B of explosiveness and violence and the R of energy without a direction… yet it also has the short U, which is described as having plenty of room inside, and the N shows continuous progression…

It definitely describes burning, with its violence and unpredictability, yet is also, very clearly, describes the long consumption of its fuel as well…

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