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 191
... became hawk A. S. nawiht became nought 66 dæg 66 day 66 hlâford 2 66 lord " fæger 66 fair 66 hlæfdige 66 lady 66 66 secgan say " sælig 66 silly 66 66 sprecan speak 66 buton 66 but 66 folgian 66 follow 66 heáfod 66 head 66 66 66 morgen ...
... became hawk A. S. nawiht became nought 66 dæg 66 day 66 hlâford 2 66 lord " fæger 66 fair 66 hlæfdige 66 lady 66 66 secgan say " sælig 66 silly 66 66 sprecan speak 66 buton 66 but 66 folgian 66 follow 66 heáfod 66 head 66 66 66 morgen ...
Page 208
... became jna , so mar , mrâ . This mar is a very prolific root , of which more here- after , and was chiefly used in the sense of decaying or dying , morior , åμ ( ß ) póvía , Old Slav . mrěti , to die , Lith . mirti , to die . These ...
... became jna , so mar , mrâ . This mar is a very prolific root , of which more here- after , and was chiefly used in the sense of decaying or dying , morior , åμ ( ß ) póvía , Old Slav . mrěti , to die , Lith . mirti , to die . These ...
Page 210
... became espée , lastly épée ; scala became eschelle , lastly échelle . Stabilire became establir , lastly établir , to stablish.1 Now it must be clear that all these changes rest 1 See Crecelius , in Hoefer's Zeitschrift , iv . 166 . 2 ...
... became espée , lastly épée ; scala became eschelle , lastly échelle . Stabilire became establir , lastly établir , to stablish.1 Now it must be clear that all these changes rest 1 See Crecelius , in Hoefer's Zeitschrift , iv . 166 . 2 ...
Page 216
... became Gothic th ? What idea do we connect with the phrase , so often heard , that a Greek t becomes Gothic th ? How can a Greek consonant become a Gothic consonant , or a Greek word become a Gothic word ? Even an Italian word never ...
... became Gothic th ? What idea do we connect with the phrase , so often heard , that a Greek t becomes Gothic th ? How can a Greek consonant become a Gothic consonant , or a Greek word become a Gothic word ? Even an Italian word never ...
Page 228
... became th , th d , and d t . Let us now examine a few words which form the common property of the Aryan nations , and which existed in some form or other before Sanskrit was Sanskrit , Greek Greek , and Gothic Gothic . Some of them have ...
... became th , th d , and d t . Let us now examine a few words which form the common property of the Aryan nations , and which existed in some form or other before Sanskrit was Sanskrit , Greek Greek , and Gothic Gothic . Some of them have ...
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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