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 88
... Latin elementum . As elementa is used in Latin for the ABC , it has been supposed , though I doubt whether in real earnest , that it was formed from the three letters 1 , m , n . The etymological meaning of elementa is by no means clear ...
... Latin elementum . As elementa is used in Latin for the ABC , it has been supposed , though I doubt whether in real earnest , that it was formed from the three letters 1 , m , n . The etymological meaning of elementa is by no means clear ...
Page 103
... Latin , Lithuanian , or Celtic , must there begin with the tenuis p . Such is the phonetic law that holds these ... Latin , and German , would be mixed up together . For besides pîy , to hate , there is another root in Sanskrit , pûy ...
... Latin , Lithuanian , or Celtic , must there begin with the tenuis p . Such is the phonetic law that holds these ... Latin , and German , would be mixed up together . For besides pîy , to hate , there is another root in Sanskrit , pûy ...
Page 138
... Latin eo , Greek êioeis ( ós , aal s ; the Hawaian itial breathing . Yet inpleasant the effect words consisting of vowels c I go ; ea , she ; eoa , eastern ; t with high banks ) , but for its hooiaioai , to testify , but for its these ...
... Latin eo , Greek êioeis ( ós , aal s ; the Hawaian itial breathing . Yet inpleasant the effect words consisting of vowels c I go ; ea , she ; eoa , eastern ; t with high banks ) , but for its hooiaioai , to testify , but for its these ...
Page 193
... Latin fefelli , from fallo , or in the 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 ...
... Latin fefelli , from fallo , or in the 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 ...
Page 194
... Latin pater , the Gothic tribes pronounced fadar , it would be unfair to charge the Goths with want of muscular energy . On the contrary , the as- pirated ƒ requires more effort than the mere tenuis ; and the d , which between two ...
... Latin pater , the Gothic tribes pronounced fadar , it would be unfair to charge the Goths with want of muscular energy . On the contrary , the as- pirated ƒ requires more effort than the mere tenuis ; and the d , which between two ...
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