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 189
... , or d and r , or s and r , or k and l , 1 See M. M. On Veda and Zendavesta , p . 32. Arendt , Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Sprachforschung , i . p . 425 . are interchangeable . We want to know why they are PHONETIC CHANGE . 189.
... , or d and r , or s and r , or k and l , 1 See M. M. On Veda and Zendavesta , p . 32. Arendt , Beiträge zur Vergleichenden Sprachforschung , i . p . 425 . are interchangeable . We want to know why they are PHONETIC CHANGE . 189.
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... Vedic Rishis , was framed to express the original conception of genitrix . But there are other words which , though they differ in their derivative elements , are identical in their roots and in their meanings , so as to leave little ...
... Vedic Rishis , was framed to express the original conception of genitrix . But there are other words which , though they differ in their derivative elements , are identical in their roots and in their meanings , so as to leave little ...
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... Veda . The Latin stella stands for sterula , and means a little star ; the Gothic stair - no is a new feminine derivative ; and the Sanskrit târâ has lost its initial s . As to the Greek astér , it is supposed to be derived from a ...
... Veda . The Latin stella stands for sterula , and means a little star ; the Gothic stair - no is a new feminine derivative ; and the Sanskrit târâ has lost its initial s . As to the Greek astér , it is supposed to be derived from a ...
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... Veda " ( xi . 3 , 1 , 7 ) , and the “ Vâjasaneyi - sanhitâ ” ( xviii . 13 ) , a dis- tinction is made between syâmam ayas , dark - brown metal , and loham or lohitam ayas , bright metal , the former meaning copper , the latter iron.1 ...
... Veda " ( xi . 3 , 1 , 7 ) , and the “ Vâjasaneyi - sanhitâ ” ( xviii . 13 ) , a dis- tinction is made between syâmam ayas , dark - brown metal , and loham or lohitam ayas , bright metal , the former meaning copper , the latter iron.1 ...
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... Veda , we should always be on our guard against any etymology which would fain make us believe that certain words which exist in French existed in exactly the same form in Latin , or that certain Latin words could be discovered without ...
... Veda , we should always be on our guard against any etymology which would fain make us believe that certain words which exist in French existed in exactly the same form in Latin , or that certain Latin words could be discovered without ...
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