Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... root is some- what reminiscent of the ' grin , which remained for some time after the Cheshire cat disappeared ... root - murmuring , per- haps , ' the insane root that takes the reason prisoner ' . As might be expected , it was Max ...
... root is some- what reminiscent of the ' grin , which remained for some time after the Cheshire cat disappeared ... root - murmuring , per- haps , ' the insane root that takes the reason prisoner ' . As might be expected , it was Max ...
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... root * ed- or * ad- , ' to eat ' . This syllable has but to be repeated two or three times to declare itself as uttered during an imitation of the motion of biting . The root * es- implies being , existence , life . The connection ...
... root * ed- or * ad- , ' to eat ' . This syllable has but to be repeated two or three times to declare itself as uttered during an imitation of the motion of biting . The root * es- implies being , existence , life . The connection ...
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... root or roots from which the various names of the crow , the raven , and the rook in the Aryan languages are derived . Those who look on Sanskrit as the most primitive form of Aryan speech are disposed to admit the Sanskrit kārava as ...
... root or roots from which the various names of the crow , the raven , and the rook in the Aryan languages are derived . Those who look on Sanskrit as the most primitive form of Aryan speech are disposed to admit the Sanskrit kārava as ...
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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