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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... derived from the same root which in Sanskrit yields giri , mountain , and in ancient Slavonic gora . ( See Curtius , Grundzüge der Griechischen Etymologie , i . 314 ; ii . 67. ) The Ethiopians , equally known to Homer and Herodotus ...
... derived from the same root which in Sanskrit yields giri , mountain , and in ancient Slavonic gora . ( See Curtius , Grundzüge der Griechischen Etymologie , i . 314 ; ii . 67. ) The Ethiopians , equally known to Homer and Herodotus ...
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... derived from names of rivers or hills or trees , they may still be called patronymics , because in ancient times the ideas of relationship and descent were not confined to living beings . People living near the Elbe might well be called ...
... derived from names of rivers or hills or trees , they may still be called patronymics , because in ancient times the ideas of relationship and descent were not confined to living beings . People living near the Elbe might well be called ...
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... derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as originally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a - thinking , point rather to ...
... derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as originally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a - thinking , point rather to ...
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... derived from a substantive , the derivation is made by the change of the radical consonant into another consonant , or by adding a vowel to it . Thus , if Da signifies God , dua must signify divine ; if De signi- fies element , then due ...
... derived from a substantive , the derivation is made by the change of the radical consonant into another consonant , or by adding a vowel to it . Thus , if Da signifies God , dua must signify divine ; if De signi- fies element , then due ...
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... derived from légein , which , like Latin legere , means , originally , to gather . Hence Katálogos , a catalogue , a gathering , a list ; collectio , a collection . In Homer , 2 légein is hardly ever used in the sense of saying ...
... derived from légein , which , like Latin legere , means , originally , to gather . Hence Katálogos , a catalogue , a gathering , a list ; collectio , a collection . In Homer , 2 légein is hardly ever used in the sense of saying ...
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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