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A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - BadBigX - 30-08-2025
Hello everyone,
I would like to share a new hypothesis developed with AI-assisted analysis (GPT-5). This is not presented as a final solution, but as a feasibility study suggesting that the Voynich Manuscript is neither random nor meaningless, but a systematic mixed idiom.
Core idea
The Herbal section shows consistent correlations between plant illustrations and recurring word families (morphemes). These morphemes appear to align with specific plant parts (leaves, roots, flowers). On mixed folios, the corresponding word families appear together, reflecting the illustrated combination.
Corpus examined
12 representative Herbal folios:
- Leaf-dominant: f1r, f8r, f26r, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- Root-dominant: f2r, f6r, f16r, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- Flower-dominant: f9v, f16v, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
- Mixed: f33v, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
Findings
- Leaves → morphemes like
saral
,
araral
,
sharal
- Roots → morphemes like
otal
,
otol
,
otaly
- Flowers → morphemes like
okar
,
okaly
,
okal
- Mixed folios → combinations (
otal
+
okaly
)
Linguistic parallels
- Slavic roots (14th–15th century):
- otal
↔ kořen / korzeń (root)
- okar/okaly
↔ květ / kwiat (flower)
- otal
- Romance/Latin endings:
-al, -ol, -aly
resemble Latinized case endings.
- Possible Germanic influence: e.g.
saral
↔ kraut.
Interpretation
The VM text may represent a Slavic-based macaronic language, with Slavic lexical stems, Romance flexional endings, and some Germanic influence. This aligns with the cultural context of 15th-century Bohemia/Northern Italy, where such multilingual blends were common.
Conclusion
This is a testable hypothesis: the Herbal section follows a coded recipe logic, with plant parts directly linked to recurring textual morphemes. It suggests the VM is not nonsense, but an encrypted or deliberately obscured transmission of botanical–medical knowledge.
I would be very interested in feedback, criticism, and further testing of this approach.
The next step would be a full statistical evaluation of all Herbal folios.
(Posted under pseudonym for privacy – I’m simply interested in constructive feedback.)
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - Bluetoes101 - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - tavie - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - Kendiyas - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - tavie - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - BadBigX - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - Bluetoes101 - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - oshfdk - 30-08-2025
RE: A new hypothesis: The Voynich Manuscript as a Slavic-based macaronic mixed language - tavie - 31-08-2025