East, Easter, yeast

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East, Easter, yeast


Easter is probably originated from Eostre, the goddess of dawn. Dawn is often associated with the east. This is probably how Easter is related to east. 

The goddess of dawn is the symbol of youth and fecundity. Bunnies, which are very fecund, and eggs are popular at Easter time.


Yeast is very fecund. Yeast is probably related to Easter and east. 


In Chinese, people from the east are called 东夷。东 is east. 夷 means eastern people. It is pronounced ‘ea’ in east or ‘yea’ in yeast. Could 夷 be related to east?


汉语单音节的惯例,把'东'一个音节保留了下来。这么多部落,无穷多的古代语言,关于东,仅仅一个说法,似乎不太可能,一定有遗失。考虑到eastern来自荷兰语枫树 esdoorn, doorn 也许是留下来的部分 '东', es 可能是遗失的部分'夷'。


芬兰语说东是itaan, 和希伯莱人说的东方伊甸乐园eden一致。希伯莱语说枫树是 eder, 也非常一致。


芬兰语 说 东 itaan =  i+ taan =  夷  + 东。


夷的古音li. 也许跟黎明的'黎'有关, 'the god of dawn'.