The I's Antipodes

Joannes Richter

Introduction
In a marvelous concept our language has been built around a central core 1, which seems to have been designed around the PIE-names *Dyus Ph2tr (the god of the day-lit sky2) and *deiwos (god)3 On the other hand some Mediterranean divine names, especially IOU-piter and YHWH, seemed to be pure vowel sequences, which may be illustrated by numerous YHWH-translations by the Church Fathers, resulting in names like IAO4, Yau, (Iaoue), (Iaouai)5, Ieuo (Ieuo)6, IEHOUAH and others. In the Mediterranean area the days of the week suggest to derive the divine names from the days of the weeks, which result in the following list of vowel sequences as familiar divine names and may have been valid around 100-300 AD7: iaou, jous, Yow, Yaou, a, jeu, joi, Jov, Jou or Jovis, gio, joi, jue, Iau Simultaneously southern-European Ego-pronouns8 seem to consist of genuine concentrated vowelsequences such as9: ieu, iu m, jou, jau, eau, ego, jeg, jag, jk, jak, iak, ich, ick, ek, *ik, ih, ic, i, ik, k, ek, eg, g , eo, je, eu, iu, yo, jo, ja, : (ja), j and Y, I. Obviously there is a remarkable difference between the original PIE-concept (using a D or Th as first letter for the divine PIE-names Dyaus and Deiwos) and the Mediterranean system (avoiding a D or Th in Jupiter and in YHWH). This topic is to be discussed for its consequences.

The Ego-pronoun's Antipodes

At the very beginning of the Creation Legend Adam and Eve have been created as two individuals, who were to be considered as antipodes, represented by I and You (singular, as long as there was no offspring...). This concept however became obsolete as soon as Cain and Abel joined the tiny family. In a four persons' clan any individual's I opposed to three antipodes. The original concept of the Youantipodes had to be modified in: I and You (plural). The idea of a You (plural)-concept as the veritable antipodes for the Ego would also explain another remarkable consonant Th or D, which may be identified in the Thou-pronouns 10.
1 The Key Morpheme - analyzing the PIE-concept 2 See for details: PIE-religion 3 Deus (Latin pronunciation: [des]) is Latin for "god" or "deity". Latin deus and dvus "divine", are descended from Proto-Indo-European *deiwos, from the same root as *Dyus, the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-IndoEuropean pantheon. 4 Iao as as a translation for YHWH is first mentioned by Diodorus Siculus and by Varro 5 Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 5, 6, 34, 5 6 Philo of Byblos also mentions the name 'lao', this time in the form of Ieuo . 7 The Key Morpheme - analyzing the PIE-concept 8 The personal pronoun for the first person singular 9 The Key Morpheme - analyzing the PIE-concept 10 The personal pronoun for the second person singular

Normally the personal pronouns have been deteriorated in the course of a long history, but at the same time the Thou-pronouns managed to keep their basic structure constant in a rather stable tu-, Thu-or Thou-structure11. In most Indo-European12 languages the letter D and Th remains stable. A consonant in a Thou-pronoun however should be avoided in a language in which the Egopronoun and the divine name are genuine vowel-sequences. This problem would be avoided if the real antipodes for the Ego are not the singular Tu-, but instead the plural You-words.

Plural words as the Ego's antipodes

In a biblical concept full of complementary antipodes (light-dark, day-night, male-female) the I's complementary antipodal element should also be as sacred as the divine name and the ego itself. Therefore the the Egos' antipodes must match the same fundamental design rules as the Egopronouns themselves. If the Ego-pronouns are genuine vowel-sequences the Egos' antipodes should be genuine vowel-sequences as well. In the TV distinction a great number of personal pronouns for the second person may be identified as genuine vowel-sequences such as: Albanian: ju (second-person plural familiar & respectful) Dutch: jullie13 (second-person plural familiar) and u (second-person plural respectful) English: you (second-person plural familiar & respectful) German: ihr (second-person plural familiar) and Ihr14 15 (for the second-person plural respectful). These words may be the plural for the ego-pronoun ih (this thesis will be explained below). Scots: ye, you (second-person plural familiar & respectful) Sorbian: wej16/wj17 (dual), wy (plural) (second-person plural familiar) and wy (secondperson plural respectful), in which the consonants w may also represent u-sounds.

German language
One of the strong indications for the plural you as antipodes for the Ego is found in German language, in which the plural you is expressed as Ihr. Ihr however may also be read as the plural form for the old-German ego-pronoun Ih18. In oldGerman plural often has been formed by simply adding an r to the word's root. In the case of the ego-pronoun ih the plural simply formed ihr, which created a number of egos opposite to each individual ego. In this case the divine name Tyr may also be explained as Tihr: the divine letter T, followed by a number of Egos (the I's, or in German Ihr). The T-consonant in the divine name however does not follow the rule towards pure vowel-sequences for sacred names.
11 A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian family of. 12 In Afghanistan the personal pronoun "Tu" (confidential you) is being used for confidential relations (e.g. husband and spouse), whereas "shoma" (respectful you) is signifying a more distant and respectful relation (even between parents and children). (from: Kite Runner (2003), Khaled Hosseini) 13 To be understood as a compound word representing u-all, or you-all 14 Sie (and third person plural of the verb) will also be used as a personal pronoun for the second-person plural respectful 15 and second person plural; archaic or dialectal 16 Sorbian (Lower) 17 Sorbian (Upper) 18 Other examples are the plural forms Mnner (men) for singular Mann (man), and Bcher (books) for Buch (book), etc.

English
In English the personal pronoun for the second person plural is You, which in analogy to I (or Wycliffe's Y) is a genuine vowel sequence. This however may have been a random effect. In fact the divine name Tyr or Tiw / Tiuu, which in the week-day design Tuesday had been identified as the original divine Being, reveals a clear T-consonant in the divine name and does not follow the rule towards pure vowel-sequences for sacred names.

French
In French the personal pronoun for the second person plural is vous, which in analogy to je (or Provencal ieu) may be considered as a morpheme vou (in Latin vos) and additionally the pluralizing letter s. In Latin the characters v and u had been considered as equivalent symbols, which in some cases may render v to a vowel. In French the deity Jeu, which in the week-day design Jeudi had been identified as the shortcut Jeu for original divine Being Jove (Jupiter), avoids to use a D, which is found in the modern word Dieu for God.

Conclusion
The number of genuine vowelmorphemes in the personal pronouns for the second person is restricted to Albanian, Dutch, English, Scots and eventually German (in the case of Ihr as a plural of the ego-pronoun Ih) and Sorbian (if the letter w is to be considered as a double-usound). This is not a very convincing result for the thesis that the ego should be equipped with a vowelsequence as a complementary antipodal partner. Too many consonants have been identified in the personal pronouns of the second person plural in European languages. Eventually the ego-pronoun has not been designed to have any other opposite partner, but had been created as an image of the divine Being, consisting of two opposite elements represented by the antipodes I and U. Anyway, even as a negative result the manuscript will be stored in the database in case new aspect are to be discovered.