Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... cocks ) for the modern Honicknowle in Devon ; Hanewde ( cock- wood ) for Hanwood , Salop . East and West Henney , Lincs . , stand for ' wild cocks ' island ' . Except in a few names such as Henwick , Beds . , and Henton , Somerset ...
... cocks ) for the modern Honicknowle in Devon ; Hanewde ( cock- wood ) for Hanwood , Salop . East and West Henney , Lincs . , stand for ' wild cocks ' island ' . Except in a few names such as Henwick , Beds . , and Henton , Somerset ...
الصفحة 117
... cock " , the Sanskrit kukkuṭa . Kukkuta is not derived from any root : it simply repeats the cry of the bird . ' ( Lectures on the Science of Language . ) So Chaucer makes his Chaunteclere cry ' cok cok ' ( N.P.T. 457 ) . To cock is ...
... cock " , the Sanskrit kukkuṭa . Kukkuta is not derived from any root : it simply repeats the cry of the bird . ' ( Lectures on the Science of Language . ) So Chaucer makes his Chaunteclere cry ' cok cok ' ( N.P.T. 457 ) . To cock is ...
الصفحة 138
... cock ' , and cabar caolach , ' branch- or mountain - cock ' ; but appeared himself to favour cabhar coille , ' old man of the woods ' . Howard Saunders was of yet another opinion , believing the first part of the name to be derived from ...
... cock ' , and cabar caolach , ' branch- or mountain - cock ' ; but appeared himself to favour cabhar coille , ' old man of the woods ' . Howard Saunders was of yet another opinion , believing the first part of the name to be derived from ...
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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