Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... German L.L. Late Latin M.E. Middle English M.E.D. M.L.G. Middle English Dictionary : Kurath & Kuhn Middle Low German med . mediaeval N.E.B. New English Bible N.H. Natural History Nor . Norwegian O.E. O.E.D. Old English Oxford English ...
... German L.L. Late Latin M.E. Middle English M.E.D. M.L.G. Middle English Dictionary : Kurath & Kuhn Middle Low German med . mediaeval N.E.B. New English Bible N.H. Natural History Nor . Norwegian O.E. O.E.D. Old English Oxford English ...
الصفحة 107
... German Wachtel is from O.H.G. quatala . Thus the quail has a name related to cackle ( German gackeln ) and to the utterances of frogs , represented by Aristophanes ' directly imitative koax and its derivative the L. coaxare ( found in ...
... German Wachtel is from O.H.G. quatala . Thus the quail has a name related to cackle ( German gackeln ) and to the utterances of frogs , represented by Aristophanes ' directly imitative koax and its derivative the L. coaxare ( found in ...
الصفحة 156
... German Gelbammer , Goldammer , and Emmerling . Gelbling , ' little yellow one ' is yet another German name for the attractive little bird , which is known by some equivalent name in practically every other European language , including ...
... German Gelbammer , Goldammer , and Emmerling . Gelbling , ' little yellow one ' is yet another German name for the attractive little bird , which is known by some equivalent name in practically every other European language , including ...
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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