Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... appears to be of Celtic origin – possibly from the Breton milvid . That the name is from the bird's voice is rendered all the more likely by the existence of the Cornish ( Breton's sister - tongue ) melhues , ' a lark ' . The origin of ...
... appears to be of Celtic origin – possibly from the Breton milvid . That the name is from the bird's voice is rendered all the more likely by the existence of the Cornish ( Breton's sister - tongue ) melhues , ' a lark ' . The origin of ...
الصفحة 124
... appears in M.E. as weilen . The Welsh for the noun woe is gwae , and the Low Breton for the verb ' to weep ' is gwela . From this gwela is formed gwelan , ' the wailer ' , a gull- the Welsh gwylan . From gwelan French took goéland , in ...
... appears in M.E. as weilen . The Welsh for the noun woe is gwae , and the Low Breton for the verb ' to weep ' is gwela . From this gwela is formed gwelan , ' the wailer ' , a gull- the Welsh gwylan . From gwelan French took goéland , in ...
الصفحة 126
... appears in cross- bill , razorbill , spoonbill ; in gull - billed tern and about ten other epitheted names ; and in the convenient name of sawbills for the fish - catching mergansers , goosander , and smew . These sea - ducks , with the ...
... appears in cross- bill , razorbill , spoonbill ; in gull - billed tern and about ten other epitheted names ; and in the convenient name of sawbills for the fish - catching mergansers , goosander , and smew . These sea - ducks , with the ...
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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