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 78
... bright ; the stars stellæ , i . e . sterule , the Sanskrit staras from stri , to strew , the strewers of light . All these etymologies may seem very unsatisfactory , vague , uninteresting , yet , if we reflect for a moment , we shall ...
... bright ; the stars stellæ , i . e . sterule , the Sanskrit staras from stri , to strew , the strewers of light . All these etymologies may seem very unsatisfactory , vague , uninteresting , yet , if we reflect for a moment , we shall ...
Page 224
... bright , to be happy , to burn , to be eager . In Greek this root appears in chairein , to rejoice , & c . Gothic , following Sanskrit as far as it could , fixed the same root as GAR , and formed from it geiro , desire ; gairan and ...
... bright , to be happy , to burn , to be eager . In Greek this root appears in chairein , to rejoice , & c . Gothic , following Sanskrit as far as it could , fixed the same root as GAR , and formed from it geiro , desire ; gairan and ...
Page 248
... bright metal , the former meaning copper , the latter iron . The flesh of an animal is likened to copper , its blood to iron . This shows that the exclusive meaning of ayas as iron was of later growth , and renders it more than probable ...
... bright metal , the former meaning copper , the latter iron . The flesh of an animal is likened to copper , its blood to iron . This shows that the exclusive meaning of ayas as iron was of later growth , and renders it more than probable ...
Page 316
... bright rays of our modern philosophy . Yet if we can descend ourselves into the dark catacombs of ancient thought , we feel that we are there in the presence of men who , if they lived with us and could but speak our language , would be ...
... bright rays of our modern philosophy . Yet if we can descend ourselves into the dark catacombs of ancient thought , we feel that we are there in the presence of men who , if they lived with us and could but speak our language , would be ...
Page 327
... bright yellow and white , nor brown and red . This arises from no obtuseness of sense , for the slightest variation of tint is immediately detected by the people , but from sluggishness of mind . In the same way the Hawaians are said to ...
... bright yellow and white , nor brown and red . This arises from no obtuseness of sense , for the slightest variation of tint is immediately detected by the people , but from sluggishness of mind . In the same way the Hawaians are said to ...
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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