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 97
... a . If a root begins with a tenuis in Sanskrit , that tenuis will never be a tenuis in Gothic , but an aspirate ; if a root begins with an aspirate in Sanskrit , that aspirate will never be an aspirate in 7 ROOTS . 97.
... a . If a root begins with a tenuis in Sanskrit , that tenuis will never be a tenuis in Gothic , but an aspirate ; if a root begins with an aspirate in Sanskrit , that aspirate will never be an aspirate in 7 ROOTS . 97.
Page 98
... Gothic , but a media ; if a root begins with a media in Sanskrit , that media will not be a media in Gothic , but a tenuis . And this , better than anything else , will , I think , explain the strong objection which comparative phi ...
... Gothic , but a media ; if a root begins with a media in Sanskrit , that media will not be a media in Gothic , but a tenuis . And this , better than anything else , will , I think , explain the strong objection which comparative phi ...
Page 103
... Gothic fijand , from , a root which , if it exists at all in Sanskrit , Latin , Lithuanian , or Celtic , must there begin with the tenuis p . Such is the phonetic law that holds these languages together , and that cannot be violated ...
... Gothic fijand , from , a root which , if it exists at all in Sanskrit , Latin , Lithuanian , or Celtic , must there begin with the tenuis p . Such is the phonetic law that holds these languages together , and that cannot be violated ...
Page 187
... Gothic , fior in Old High- German , quatre in French , patru in Wallachian ? Are all these varieties due to accident , or are they according to law ; and , if according to law , how is that law to be explained ? I shall waste no time ...
... Gothic , fior in Old High- German , quatre in French , patru in Wallachian ? Are all these varieties due to accident , or are they according to law ; and , if according to law , how is that law to be explained ? I shall waste no time ...
Page 193
... Gothic reduplicated perfect haihald , from haldan , which in English is contracted into held , the A. S. being held , instead of hehold ; or even in the Gothic faifahum , we caught , from fahan , to catch . There is nothing fearful in ...
... Gothic reduplicated perfect haihald , from haldan , which in English is contracted into held , the A. S. being held , instead of hehold ; or even in the Gothic faifahum , we caught , from fahan , to catch . There is nothing fearful in ...
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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