Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... Chapter XXV . ) Lumme , compounded in the modern German names for the guillemots , was used by Willughby for the black - throated diver . Loon spelt in this way shows more clearly its connection with lame and with the awkwardness of the ...
... Chapter XXV . ) Lumme , compounded in the modern German names for the guillemots , was used by Willughby for the black - throated diver . Loon spelt in this way shows more clearly its connection with lame and with the awkwardness of the ...
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Essays on the Etymology of Words from Nature Stephen Potter, Laurens Sargent. CHAPTER 22 WORDS AND HUMAN EVOLUTION ' Nomina ... Chapter XVI , we remember from schooldays being told that , if you called Metcalf Minor a silly idiot , silly ...
Essays on the Etymology of Words from Nature Stephen Potter, Laurens Sargent. CHAPTER 22 WORDS AND HUMAN EVOLUTION ' Nomina ... Chapter XVI , we remember from schooldays being told that , if you called Metcalf Minor a silly idiot , silly ...
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... Chapter V ) . The p of the Indic , Hellenic , and Italic groups usually becomes f in the Germanic . Probably the oldest form of both father and pater , and of all their cognates , is seen in the Sanskrit pitar- . The nature - names are ...
... Chapter V ) . The p of the Indic , Hellenic , and Italic groups usually becomes f in the Germanic . Probably the oldest form of both father and pater , and of all their cognates , is seen in the Sanskrit pitar- . The nature - names are ...
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16th century adjective ancient animal appears Arabic Aryans became Bible bird bird-names bird's borrowed Britain British called Celtic chaffinch Chapter Chaucer chough cock cognate colour common connected corruption crane denote derived dialect Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dotterel duck Dutch earlier early England English epithet equivalent etymology fact folk-etymology French genus Germanic languages gives Greek habit heron horse human imitative implies Indo-European instance Italian language lapwing lark Late Latin later Linnaeus Low German Max Müller meaning meant mediaeval Middle Dutch Middle English Natural History nature-words Norse older onomatopoetic origin Parlement of Foules perhaps place-names plant primitive probably provincial name reference represents Roman root Sanskrit Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen sense Shakespeare sound Spanish species speech spelling spelt stem suggest swan Swedish syllable tongue traced tree Turner verb Welsh whence whimbrel wild Willughby woodpecker word wren yellow