Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... diminutive form of the verb to whimmer , which is a Lowland Scots form of whimper . Curiously enough , that part of the word made up of frequentative and diminu- tive suffixes is more of a reminder of the bird's rippling call than is ...
... diminutive form of the verb to whimmer , which is a Lowland Scots form of whimper . Curiously enough , that part of the word made up of frequentative and diminu- tive suffixes is more of a reminder of the bird's rippling call than is ...
الصفحة 142
... diminutive names . Whimbrel has already been noted : it is probably a double diminutive . Other names formed by the addition of one or more of the diminutive - making particles -er , -el , and -ing are cockerel , dotterel , brambling ...
... diminutive names . Whimbrel has already been noted : it is probably a double diminutive . Other names formed by the addition of one or more of the diminutive - making particles -er , -el , and -ing are cockerel , dotterel , brambling ...
الصفحة 290
... ( diminutive of F. Pierre ) , via our ' parrot ' , and a connection with Italian parro- chetto , diminutive of parroco , ' a cleric ' . It is at any rate part of the language of pet - talk , and so its history is complicated by ...
... ( diminutive of F. Pierre ) , via our ' parrot ' , and a connection with Italian parro- chetto , diminutive of parroco , ' a cleric ' . It is at any rate part of the language of pet - talk , and so its history is complicated by ...
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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