Lectures on the Science of Language ...Longman, 1861 - 399 pages |
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Page 12
... likewise Lucina , both derived from lucere , to shine . Hecate , too , was an old name of the moon , the feminine of Hekatos and Hekatebolos , the far - dart- ing sun ; and Pyrrha , the Eve of the Greeks , was nothing but a name of the ...
... likewise Lucina , both derived from lucere , to shine . Hecate , too , was an old name of the moon , the feminine of Hekatos and Hekatebolos , the far - dart- ing sun ; and Pyrrha , the Eve of the Greeks , was nothing but a name of the ...
Page 32
... likewise with the ancient dialects of India and Persia , must have sprung from an earlier language , the mother of the whole Indo- European or Aryan family of speech ; if we see how Hebrew , Arabic , and Syriac , with several minor ...
... likewise with the ancient dialects of India and Persia , must have sprung from an earlier language , the mother of the whole Indo- European or Aryan family of speech ; if we see how Hebrew , Arabic , and Syriac , with several minor ...
Page 41
... hear at our concerts , likewise stands for an original dvis , the English * Bopp , Compartive Grammar , § 320. Schleicher , Deutsche Sprache , s . 233 . twice , the Greek dis . This dis appears again PHONETIC DECAY . 41.
... hear at our concerts , likewise stands for an original dvis , the English * Bopp , Compartive Grammar , § 320. Schleicher , Deutsche Sprache , s . 233 . twice , the Greek dis . This dis appears again PHONETIC DECAY . 41.
Page 42
... likewise be proved that the second part of viginti is a corruption of the old word for ten . Ten , in Sanskrit , is dasan ; from it is derived da'sati , a decad ; and this dasati was again reduced to ' sati ; thus giving us with vi for ...
... likewise be proved that the second part of viginti is a corruption of the old word for ten . Ten , in Sanskrit , is dasan ; from it is derived da'sati , a decad ; and this dasati was again reduced to ' sati ; thus giving us with vi for ...
Page 52
... likewise in Pegu and Arakan . But the intricate mountain ranges of the peninsula of the Irawaddy † afford a safe refuge to many independent tribes , speaking their own independent dialects ; and in the neighbourhood of Manipura alone ...
... likewise in Pegu and Arakan . But the intricate mountain ranges of the peninsula of the Irawaddy † afford a safe refuge to many independent tribes , speaking their own independent dialects ; and in the neighbourhood of Manipura alone ...
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