Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 2C. Scribner, 1869 |
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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 Prátiśdkhya ...
... 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 Prátiśdkhya ...
Page 162
... of so late a date , the fact that the Vedic dh or lh is actually represented by a combination of and h might be quoted in support of this theory ( = ∞ ) . = - A letter may be this means is somewhat obscure . 162 ASPIRATED CHECKS .
... of so late a date , the fact that the Vedic dh or lh is actually represented by a combination of and h might be quoted in support of this theory ( = ∞ ) . = - A letter may be this means is somewhat obscure . 162 ASPIRATED CHECKS .
Page 180
... Vedic land lh , 39 . Turkish , which admits Persian and Arabic words , has 32 consonants , of which only 25 are really Turkish . Persian , which admits Arabic words , has 31 con- sonants , of which 22 are really Persian , the rest ...
... Vedic land lh , 39 . Turkish , which admits Persian and Arabic words , has 32 consonants , of which only 25 are really Turkish . Persian , which admits Arabic words , has 31 con- sonants , of which 22 are really Persian , the rest ...
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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