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 371
... bright , G names were formed for sun , moon , stars , the eyes of man , gold , silver , play , joy , happiness , love . With roots meaning to strike , it was possible to name an axe , the thunderbolt , a fist , a paralytic stroke , a ...
... bright , G names were formed for sun , moon , stars , the eyes of man , gold , silver , play , joy , happiness , love . With roots meaning to strike , it was possible to name an axe , the thunderbolt , a fist , a paralytic stroke , a ...
Page 373
... bright cows with heavy udders , or as dark and roaring demons . Every day that dawns in the morning might be called the twin of the night that follows the day , or all the days of the year might be called brothers , or so many head of ...
... bright cows with heavy udders , or as dark and roaring demons . Every day that dawns in the morning might be called the twin of the night that follows the day , or all the days of the year might be called brothers , or so many head of ...
Page 376
... bright one , i . e . the sun , and the bright one , i . e . the day , and the bright one , i . e . wealth , therefore the root vas , to be bright , was modified by inflection , and broken up into Vi - vas - vat , the sun , vas - ara ...
... bright one , i . e . the sun , and the bright one , i . e . the day , and the bright one , i . e . wealth , therefore the root vas , to be bright , was modified by inflection , and broken up into Vi - vas - vat , the sun , vas - ara ...
Page 378
... bright . This form does not exist in Sanskrit , but as kt in Sanskrit is liable to be changed into ks , 1 we may recognize in riksha the 1 Kuhn , in the Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft der Sprache , i . 155 , was same derivative of ...
... bright . This form does not exist in Sanskrit , but as kt in Sanskrit is liable to be changed into ks , 1 we may recognize in riksha the 1 Kuhn , in the Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft der Sprache , i . 155 , was same derivative of ...
Page 379
... bright , has become the name of the bear , so called either from his bright eyes or from his brilliant tawny fur . The same name riksha was given in Sanskrit to the stars , the bright ones . It is used as a masculine and neuter in the ...
... bright , has become the name of the bear , so called either from his bright eyes or from his brilliant tawny fur . The same name riksha was given in Sanskrit to the stars , the bright ones . It is used as a masculine and neuter in the ...
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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