Hieroglyphs in Indoeuropean

Languages
Joannes Richter

Proto-Indo-European Religion
In Proto-Indo-European religion ideal man (Adam Kadmon)
has been considered as an androgynous being symbolizing a
matrimonial couple. Human beings received the title “man” as
a couple after marriage and bachelors were to be considered as
incomplete halves of “man”.
A religion considering man as an image of a Creator God will
also consider this deity as an image of a married couple.
For this reason the highest priest, the flamen dialis, in the
Roman empire had to be married. Germanic and Celtic cultures
have been praised for their high standards in matrimonial
ethics1.
For this reason Indo-European religion supported matrimony
by etymological symbols and a creation legend, which has been
documented by Plato in Symposium. This way the Indo-
Europeans stabilized matrimonial ethics. The married couple
and matrimony are to be symbolized by hieroglyphs, which
also provide the links to divine powers. The divine name has
been generated by placing “man” as a pronoun2 between the
characters D and S. In English and old-German this divine
name results in Dis respectively Dis-Pater, which has been
defined as the prominent Celtic deity by Julius Caesar3.
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Tactus, Germania
2
a personal pronoun of the 1st person singular, in English: “I”, in old-
German “Ih”.
3
De Bello Gallico, volume VI, 18-21, 53 BC
Unfortunately we cannot identify these formulas for the divine
name in all Indo-European languages, but some of the genuine
samples have been preserved in remote valleys of the Alps,
where people still use the pronouns with their ancient
androgynous cores. Wherever these structures occur we may
consider the relevant characters as hieroglyphs, as holy tokens,
to store the religious wisdom...

Mirèio
The Provençal poem Mirèio4 is a new Rosetta Stone for
etymology, explaining how the personal pronoun iéu has been
integrated in the divine name Diéu.
I had identified similar effects in Italian and Spanish before,
but in these languages the correspondence had been limited to a
couple of only 2 characters. Dió does contain the pronoun ió
and Dios the pronoun yo. In Portuguese the name Deus also
contains the pronoun eu and in Sicilian Diu contains the
pronoun iu. In Old-German and English languages the
previously specified name Dis5 encloses the pronoun I, which
will still be found in English and in southern German dialects.
The Provençal language however explains the exact method to
generate the words.
Most of the personal pronouns (e.g. iéu) do contain an I and a
U, in the middle of which we may often identify one of the
other vowels (a, e, o). As a remarkable effect we will also
identify similar characters (I, U or V) in the Hebrew and
Arabian divine names.

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published 1859 by Frederi Mistral
5
identified by Julius Caesar in De Bello Gallico

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The Swadesh-lists reveal 6 the standard rules to derive the
personal pronouns from the divine name for a number of
languages. This process must have been taking place between
3500 BC and 500 AD.

Supreme justice
Generally the Indo-European core *iou has been used to
encode a divine name (e.g. IU-piter), pronouns (e.g. iu) and
supreme justice (ius7) and as a joint, especially a matrimonial
joint8 (and yoke9). Romance languages may also symbolize the
Adam Kadmon-concept inside the personal pronoun of the first
person singular (*iou, e.g. iéu, iau or iou).

The hieroglyphic characters I, J, Y, U, V

Traditionally the hieroglyphs I, J, Y have been used as male
symbols, which used to be depicted as pillars. The characters
U and V have been considered as vessels.
As a remarkable fact the Iuþhark-alphabet, inscribed at the
Kylver Runestone does not start with the standard row Fuþ, but
with the most important hieroglyphs I, U and þ.

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in de appendix
7
derived words are: justice, just, judge, juice, etcetera
8
to join = Latin: iungo
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yoke = Latin: iugum

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The hieroglyphs D, Th respectively þ and s
The divine name (e.g. Dyaus, Deus, Zeus and Theos)
• will normally start with a character D, Z, Th or Þ
• will usually be closed by a character S.
In order to generate a divine name we would just insert the
personal pronoun of the first person singular between the
leading and the trailing character. In Provençal language Diéu
will be generated by D and iéu. In English and German the
divine name Dis is to be created by a “D”, followed by the
pronoun “i” and a a trailing character “s”. In Italian the
procedure is similar: Dio is generated by concatenating a “D”
and the pronoun “io”. Spanish concatenates “D”, “yo” and a
trailing character “s” to generate the divine name “Dios”.

The vowels O, A and E

Obviously the centre of the personal PIE-pronouns of the 1st
person singular may be using any vowel, e.g. e in Provençal
ieu, the character a in iau and the vowel o in Aromanian iou.
The core ieu itself may be identified in the Provençal name
Dieu, the core iau inside the PIE-name Dyaus, the vowel “o”
may be traced a the centre of the Aromanian pronoun iou and
will also be found at a central position inside the names Jeh-o-
Vah, Jove, IOU-piter. Iuppiter originated as a vocative
compound of the Old Latin vocative *Iou and pater ("father")
and came to replace the Old Latin nominative case *Ious.

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In a number of languages these central vowels used to be
considered as sacred and have been omitted (e.g. Hebrew and
Arabian). For these reasons the Matres Lectionis and the
characters He had to be applied to define the joint-elements
between the male and female symbols.
Does the holy in the middle of Jeh-O-Vah, respectively JOV10,
really represent the centre of a matrimonial couple, consisting
of a male (Jeh) and a female partner (Vah)?
For I am God, and not man;
Hosea 11-9

the Holy One in the midst of you;

And I will not come in wrath.

The symbolism of the character He

One of the mayor differences between the IU-cores in IU-piter,
respectively Tuisco and YHVH is the addition of two
remarkable characters “H” in the divine name YHVH.
A number of biblical quotations refers to a character “He”,
which had to be inserted into the name Abram11:
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Neither will your name any more be called
Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the
father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

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JOV → Jovis (Der Genitiv des Namens IU-pitter)
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Genesis 17-5.

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In an subsequent quotation the name Sarai has to be
modified to Sarah12:
God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife,
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you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name
will be Sarah.
These modifications seem to correlate to the Zohar's
explanation for the letter H in the word Na’arah (girl)13:
In the fifth book of Moses 22,23 the word Na’arah
(girl) has been written without the character “H”,
because she had not been joined with a man before. As
long as the male and female elements have not been
united the letter H has to be avoided.
As soon as they have been united in the white Light and
they have shared all into the One the letter “H” has to
be applied.
Obviously the characters “H” and the corresponding letter “U”
symbolize the matrimonial procedure in which a girl and her
husband are to be transformed into an androgynous couple.
For Abram the transformation has been documented in his 99th
year, shortly before Sarai's pregnancy. In order to
commemorate the pregnancy Abram inserts an “H” into his
name and renames himself to Abraham, as well as he renames
“Sarai” to Sarah. Obviously the letter “H” in the names
Abraham and Sarah commemorate the activation of the womb.

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Genesis 17-15.
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Sohar, I. fol. 51a-b, edited by Ernst Müller – Weltbild, page 213

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Indo-European languages may also be equipped with similar
words. In Dutch language the word “huwen” (“to marry”)
symbolizes the womb14's activation.
In German language the word “Ehe” (“Matrimony”), which
may also correspond to the special double name “Ehejeh” for
Yahweh. The Sohar15 describes the symbolism for the letter
“H” as follows:
“The letter He is to be added later to join all elements
by adding H-characters and these unifications are to
named Du (Atah). As it has been written 'Atah will
make all of them alive' (Nehemia 9,6).”
In both words the character “H” plays a leading role, but it still
remains unclear whether these symbolic elements have been
introduced to these languages by Catholicism or by Indo-
European etymology.
Just like the Hebrew language the Indo-European languages
also provide us with a Kabbala, in which religious characters
have been applied to encode the sacred symbolism.
We may easily trace the basic idea of an androgynous YHWH
consisting of two individual halves by considering the name
“Elohim” as a plural word and the biblical quotation16
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God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness.

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In PIE-concept symbolized by the character U
15
The double name “Ehejeh” has been described in Sohar, I. fol. 15a-16a,
edited by Ernst Müller – Weltbild edition, page 100
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Genesis 1:26

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These remarkable contradictions in the Book Genesis could not
escape the attention of the Pharisees, to whom the Bible was a
subject of close study. In explaining the various views
concerning Eve's creation, they taught that Adam was created
as a man-woman (androgynous), explaining ‫ונקבה‬ 7 ‫זכ ר‬
(Genesis 1:27) as "male and female" instead of "man and
woman," and that the separation of the sexes arose from the
subsequent operation upon Adam's body, as related in the
Scripture.

Summary
This overview considers the characters I, J, Y, U, V, the
characters D, Th respectively þ and S, as well as the vowels O,
A and E, along with the joining element H as the main
hieroglyphs in the Indo-European languages.
By combining these symbols the Indo-Europeans generated
their names for the sky-god, for the most important pronouns
of the 1st and the 2nd person and some other elementary
elements.
For the mayor European languages the formula for generating
the divine names has been defined as:
• Romanian: “Z” + “eu” = “Zeu”
• Provençal: “D” + “iéu” = “Diéu”
• Italian: “D” + “ió” = “Dió”
• Spanish: “D” + “yo” + “s” = “Dios”
• Portuguese: “D” + “eu + “s” = “Deus”
• English: “D” + “i” + “s” = “Dis”
• old-German: “D” + “ih” + “s” = “Dis”

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 • Old High German: “Z” + “i(u)” = “Ziu”, which may
related the neighbouring area Sutsilvanic :“D” + “jou”
= “Diéu” (which is to be located in the Alpes).
• Old English: “T” + “ich” = “Tig”, which may be related
to the German pronoun “ich”17.

Even if these theses may only be proved in a dozen of dialects

from remote alpine valleys, we will have to accept the idea
these principles had been invented and defined in prehistoric
eras.
• Romance: “D” + “jau” = “Diéu”
• Sursilvanic : “D” + “jeu” = “Diéu”
• Sutsilvanic :“D” + “jou” = “Diéu”
• Sicilian dialect: “D” + “iu” = “Diu”

A remarkable correlation of the hieroglyphs has been observed

between the Hebrew and the Indo-European languages. A
common source is to be considered.

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Similar pronouns are gothic-Dutch “ik”, ags. “ic and Icelandic “ek”

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Appendix: List of Pronouns (1st & 2nd person)

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 Language “You” “I” God Source
(sing.)
Langue d'Oc Tu ieu , jo Dieu Swadesh
Romanian Tu eu Zeu Swadesh
Sicilian Tu iu Diu Swadesh
(Iu-piter)
Romansch Ti jau, eau Dieu Swadesh
Sursilvaans jeu Dieu
Sutsilvaans jou Dieu
(Diou-piter)
Spanish tú, usted yo Dios Swadesh
Portuguese Tu eu Deus Swadesh
Provençal Tu iéu Diéu Swadesh
old-German Thu Ih Dis, Zui18,
Tig19
Italian Tu ió Dió Swadesh
French Tu je Dieu Swadesh
English Thou I Dis Swadesh
(& You20)
old-English Thou I(w) Tiw21
Arabian ‫أنت‬ ‫أنا‬ ‫ال‬ Swadesh

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Source: (Wikipedia) List of Germanic deities and heroes
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Source: (Wikipedia) List of Germanic deities and heroes
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Thou is the original personal pronoun for the 2nd person singular
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Source: (Wikipedia) List of Germanic deities and heroes

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 Language “You” “I” God Source
(sing.)
Hebrew IHVH Swadesh
Table 1: Correlation of pronouns (1st and 2nd person)

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