Sometimes a name inspires me to do a little etymology (origin of words study) research , as with this notable person who recently passed away:
Koyo Kouoh, 57, Cameroonian-born Swiss museum curator (Zeitz MOCAA)
- Koyo Kouoh (24 December 1967 – 10 May 2025)
Her name Koyo is an addition to the recent “Replace the “K” beginning a Name, with “C”, Makes a word in Name” pattern cluster, as found in my previous post: Kold Krop Kraft KKK Konnection!!!, and so giving us the word “coy” that’s to fit in the overall cryptic communication.
- Ousmane Sembène (1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 – 9 June 2007)
We have yet another January 1st…, and January 8th!! Note the following excerpts from my recent May 10 post, EAR = HEAR HEAR HEAR, NOT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT !!! :
- Sahib Khazal (1 January 1943 – 9 May 2025) 82, football player (national team)
- Saleem Nazim (1 January 1955 – 7 May 2025) 70, field hockey, Olympic medallist
- Abdul Rauf Azhar (1 January 1977– 7 May 2025) 47, commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed
- Fakhri Odeh (1 January 1941 – 6 May 2025) 84, Kuwaiti actor
- Joan de Sagarra (8 January 1939 – 9 May 2025) 86, writer and journalist
- Rafael Rullán Ribera (8 January 1952 – 4 May 2025) 73, Spanish basketball player
- January 8th— that also happens to be my step son’s birthday… hence two more additions to the “Targeting Family Birthdays” pattern cluster
Note the following information regarding other notable persons mentioned on Koyo’s Wikipedia page :
- Issa Samb, also known as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017)
- Constantine P. Cavafy (29 April (OS 17 April), 1863 – 29 April 1933) **birthday blue
- Kader Attia (born 30 December 1970)
- Konaté (1 February 1953)
- Emmanuel Macron( born 21 December 1977)
- Jochen Zeitz (born 6 April 1963)
- Shu Lea Cheang (born April 13, 1954) note the cryptic “shoe change”.
Note the following etymology of coy:
coy(adj.)
early 14c., "quiet, modest, demure," from Old French coi, earlier quei "quiet, still, placid, gentle," ultimately from Latin quietus "free; calm, resting" (from PIE root *kweie- "to rest, be quiet").
*kweie-
*kweiə-, also *kwyeə-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to rest, be quiet."
It might form all or part of: acquiesce; acquit; awhile; coy; quiesce; quiescent; quiet; quietism; quietude; quietus; quit; quitclaim; quite; quit-rent; quittance; requiescat; requiem; requite; while; whilom.
So I can see how “quiet” and “quit” fit in with “coy”, but the interesting thing about the root *Kweie is the “i”,… in that in origin it was changed from hard “c/k” sound, and so “kweck”, which is more similar now to “quick” and “Kick”. Note the etymology of quick:
quick(adj.)
Middle English quik, from Old English cwic "living, alive, animate, characterized by the presence of life" (now archaic), and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gwei- "to live." Sense of "lively, active, swift, speedy, hasty," developed by c. 1300, on notion of "full of life."
gwei-
also *gweie-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to live."
It might form all or part of: abiogenesis; aerobic; amphibian; anaerobic; azo-; azoic; azotemia; bio-; biography; biology; biome; bionics; biopsy; biota; biotic; cenobite; Cenozoic; convivial; couch (n.2) "grass;" epizoic; epizoon; epizootic; macrobiotic; Mesozoic; microbe; Protozoa; protozoic; quick; quicken; quicksand; quicksilver; quiver (v.) "to tremble;" revive; survive; symbiosis; viable; viand; viper; vita; vital; vitamin; victuals; viva; vivace; vivacious; vivarium; vivid; vivify; viviparous; vivisection; whiskey; wyvern; zodiac; Zoe; zoetrope; zoic; zoo-; zoolatry; zoology; zoon; zoophilia; zoophobia; zooplankton.
It might also be the source of: Sanskrit jivah "alive, living;" Old Persian *jivaka-"alive," Middle Persian zhiwak "alive;" Greek bios "one's life, course or way of living, lifetime," zoe "animal life, organic life;" Old English cwic, cwicu "living, alive;" Latin vivus "living, alive," vita "life;" Old Church Slavonic zivo "to live;" Lithuanian gyvas "living, alive," gyvata "(eternal) life;" Old Irish bethu "life," bith"age;" Welsh byd "world."
The name Ousmane above generates a cryptic “oust mane/main/man”. Perhaps meant to communicate their coming out to us (outer man). Note the etymology below.
I find it interesting that the word “OUT” originated relates to “up/out”(see below) … and that German “aus” suggests “dawn/south/east”, and that the root of “UP” is “under” and “up from under”!! This I believe points to the TUSSH (see earlier posts)— the Two United Structure System Home of our northern ancestors who lived in Pingo’s, and over thousands of years developed a unique culture and language. Simply key in TUSSH and/or Pingo in this blogs search box will bring you to my earlier posts that speak on the subject.
Note the etymology
out(adv.)
expressing motion or direction from within or from a central point, also removal from proper place or position, Old English ut "out, without, outside," from Proto-Germanic *ūt- (Old Norse, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Gothic ut, Middle Dutch uut, Dutch uit, Old High German uz, German aus), from PIE root *uidh-"up, out, up away, on high" (source also of Sanskrit ut "up, out," uttarah "higher, upper, later, northern;" Avestan uz- "up, out,"
up(adv., prep.)
"to or toward a point or place higher than another," Old English up, uppe, from Proto-Germanic *upp- "up," from PIE root *upo "under," also "up from under," hence also "over." As a preposition, from late Old English as "down onto, above and touching, sitting on, at the summit of;" from c. 1200 as "to a higher place."
oust(v.)
early 15c., ousten, "eject, dispossess," from Anglo-French oster, ouster (early 14c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." Related: Ousted; ousting.
*aus-(1)
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to shine," especially of the dawn. It might form all or part of: austral; Australia; Austria; Austro-; Aurora; east; Easter; eastern; eo-; Ostrogoth.It might also be the source of: Sanskrit usah "dawn;" Greek ēōs "dawn;" Latin Aurora "goddess of dawn," auster "south wind;" Lithuanian aušra "dawn;" Old English east "east."
One thing leads to another and the Ko Ko beginning her name Koyo Kouoh reminds me of coco. Note the etymology:
coco(n.)
"palm tree," 1550s, from Spanish and Portuguese coco "grinning or grimacing face," on resemblance of the three depressions at the base of the shell to a monkey or human face.
There is definitely a sense of uncertainty re grin/grimace that is now being communicated. This leads me/us to investigate the similarity between grin and grim:
grin(v.)
Old English grennian "show the teeth" (in pain or anger), common Germanic (cognates: Old Norse grenja "to howl," grina "to grin;" Dutch grienen "to whine;" German greinen "to cry"), from PIE root *ghrei- "be open." Sense of "bare the teeth in a broad smile" is late 15c., perhaps via the notion of "forced or unnatural smile."
grimace(n.)
1650s, from French grimace (15c.) "grotesque face, ugly mug," possibly from Frankish or another Germanic source (compare Old Saxon grima "face mask," Old English grima "mask, helmet"), from the same root as grim (adj.).
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