Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April and May, 1863, Volume 2C. Scribner, 1865 - 622 pages |
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Page 19
... Veda must have lived together as members of one and the same race , as speakers of one and the same idiom . There are other theories not less startling than this , which would make the Polynesian the primitive lan- guage of mankind . I ...
... Veda must have lived together as members of one and the same race , as speakers of one and the same idiom . There are other theories not less startling than this , which would make the Polynesian the primitive lan- guage of mankind . I ...
Page 93
... Veda , i . e . knowledge ; by means of the suffix trich , vettar , a knower , Greek histōr and i̇stōr . Again , by affixing to the root cer- tain verbal derivatives , they would arrive at vedmi , I know , viveda , I have known , or veda ...
... Veda , i . e . knowledge ; by means of the suffix trich , vettar , a knower , Greek histōr and i̇stōr . Again , by affixing to the root cer- tain verbal derivatives , they would arrive at vedmi , I know , viveda , I have known , or veda ...
Page 108
... Veda were handed down from generation to gener- ation with an accuracy far exceeding that of the most painstaking ... Veda , par M. Ad . Regnier , in the Journal Asiatique , Paris , 1856 - '58 . Text und Uebersetzung des Prâtisâkhya ...
... Veda were handed down from generation to gener- ation with an accuracy far exceeding that of the most painstaking ... Veda , par M. Ad . Regnier , in the Journal Asiatique , Paris , 1856 - '58 . Text und Uebersetzung des Prâtisâkhya ...
Page 162
... of so late a date , the fact that the Vedic dh or lh is actually represented by a combination of I and h might be quoted in support of this theory ( = ∞ ) . this means is somewhat obscure . A letter may be 162 ASPIRATED CHECKS .
... of so late a date , the fact that the Vedic dh or lh is actually represented by a combination of I and h might be quoted in support of this theory ( = ∞ ) . this means is somewhat obscure . A letter may be 162 ASPIRATED CHECKS .
Page 189
... , or d and r , or s and r , or k and t , 1 See M. M. On Veda and Zendavesta , p . 32. Arendt , Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Sprachforschung , i . p . 425 . are interchangeable . We want to know why they are PHONETIC CHANGE . 189.
... , or d and r , or s and r , or k and t , 1 See M. M. On Veda and Zendavesta , p . 32. Arendt , Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Sprachforschung , i . p . 425 . are interchangeable . We want to know why they are PHONETIC CHANGE . 189.
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Agni alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon scholars Science of Language sense skrit Slavonic soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν