a corollary of this theory was that all languages derived ultimately from brabantic. the latin word for “oak,” "quercus", goropius derived from "werd-cou" (“keeps out cold”); the hebrew name “noah” he derived from "nood" (“need”). goropius also believed that adam and eve were brabantic names (from "hath-dam", or “dam against hate"; and "eu-vat", “barrel from which people originated,” or from "eet-vat", “oath-barrel,” respectively). another corollary involved locating the garden of eden itself in the brabant region. in the book known as "hieroglyphica", goropius also allegedly proved to his own satisfaction that egyptian hieroglyphics represented brabantic.