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In Gothic moon is mena , which is a masculine . For month we have in A.-S.
mônádh , in Gothic menoth , both masculine . In Greek we find mēn , a masculine
, for month , and mēnē , a feminine , for moon . In Latin we have the derivative
mensis ...
In Gothic moon is mena , which is a masculine . For month we have in A.-S.
mônádh , in Gothic menoth , both masculine . In Greek we find mēn , a masculine
, for month , and mēnē , a feminine , for moon . In Latin we have the derivative
mensis ...
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But how is it in English , or in Gothic , or in Greek and Latin , or in Sanskrit ? We
do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in
Sanskrit . We find 1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English
...
But how is it in English , or in Gothic , or in Greek and Latin , or in Sanskrit ? We
do not say two - ten in English , nor duo - decem in Latin , nor dvi - dasa in
Sanskrit . We find 1 in Sanskrit vin'sati . in Greek eikati . in Latin viginti . in English
...
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... Greek , Latin , and Gothic . No doubt these are the royal heads in the history of
language . But as political history ought to be more than a chronicle of royal
dynasties , so the historian of language ought never to 7 1 “ Some people , who
may ...
... Greek , Latin , and Gothic . No doubt these are the royal heads in the history of
language . But as political history ought to be more than a chronicle of royal
dynasties , so the historian of language ought never to 7 1 “ Some people , who
may ...
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Even in Anglo - Saxon , the third person plural , sind , has by a false analogy
been transferred to the first and second persons ; and instead of the modern
English , in Old Norse . in Gothic . we are ër - um sijuin1 ër - udh sijuth they are ër
- u ...
Even in Anglo - Saxon , the third person plural , sind , has by a false analogy
been transferred to the first and second persons ; and instead of the modern
English , in Old Norse . in Gothic . we are ër - um sijuin1 ër - udh sijuth they are ër
- u ...
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Without the help of history , we should see that English is Teutonic , that like
Dutch and Friesian it belongs to the LowGerman branch ; that this branch ,
together with the High - German , Gothic , and Scandinavian branches , constitute
the ...
Without the help of history , we should see that English is Teutonic , that like
Dutch and Friesian it belongs to the LowGerman branch ; that this branch ,
together with the High - German , Gothic , and Scandinavian branches , constitute
the ...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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