11 For Prefix A.S. "for" Anc. and Mod. High Germ. "far, fir, ver." For Preposition A.S. "fora, fore, for," Anc. and Mod. High G. " fora, furi; vor, für." Bopp connects the former with Sanser. pará, Prep. insep. (retro), and refers to Grimm, III. 256, 4. c. the latter with Sansc. pari Præp. insep. (circum.) Graff, III. 664, thinks Goth. fair and four, (Engl. for and fore) rather connected with Scr. para (alius) and param (all. neutr. ultro); he refers Goth. fra and fram to Scr. pra, Prep. insep. (pro), and in some way to Scr. puras (ante, coram.) 12 Graff, III. 476, "Folo, m. fuli, fulin of Sanser. pal neben pá; oder sollte Sanser. bála (puer) zu vergleichen seyn?" Bála is hardly admissible; it would be, among more than forty examples, the only one of the kind. 13 Graff, 1. Pref. xvii. “feizit (fat), Sanser. mid (pinguem esse)"; further, fliugan (to fly) and Scr. dí (abire, evanescere); fliuhan (to flee) and Scr. dru (currere, fugere ; feder (feather), and Scr. chhad (tegere), chhada, m. folium, ala. English. Sanser. Anglo-Saxon. Old and New High bhí (timere, Cauf. fian (odisse);fiend, fien (odisse) fiant, foe friend fear fist leave, v. rich (relinquere) lifan, leofan, læ- liban, biliban; blei live, v. jív (vivere) leofjan, lifjan liban; leben. The following table shews the results of our comparisons. Eng. F anlaut corresponding with Sanser. P in 23 examples. According to Grimm's law, Gothic F ought to answer to Greek, Latin, and Sanser. P. The majority of our examples proves this to be the fact also in respect to English and Sanscrit. General Rule: English F corresponds with Sanscr. P. 15 There will be about 130 words compared of the Labial Class, 13 of these answer to Scr. Gutturals or Palatals, 3 only to Linguals. These numbers seem to indicate that there is a more intimate organic connection between the Labials and Gutturals or Palatals than between the Labials and Linguals. 3. B, in English, frequent as Anlaut, much less so as Inlaut and Auslaut. In Gothic, it is of rare occurrence as Auslaut (Grimm, 1. 55,) but regularly after liquids (e. gr. halb, dumb); preceded by a vowel, it changes into f, e. gr. geban, imp. gif. In A. S. it is of rare occurrence in both Inlaut and Auslaut (Grimm, 1. 247.) (a.) English B. anlaut, corresponding with Sanscrit Bh. brother bhrátri (frater) brodhor, bredher brow bhrú (superci- bræve, bruva lium) 16 Graff, III. 191, gives "bringan, Th. brah" under the root Bar or Sanser. bhri. But at the same time he leaves the choice between this and the following roots: bhaj (offerre, dare), if it does really exist. Or Sanscr, rah (relingere) with the præfix bi, which may change brodar; Bruder. brawa; Braue. the meaning to the contrary, brah (afferre.) Or Sanscr. rah, rauh (se^movere.) Or "barh (dare), brih (adniti.) Or Sanser. grah (capere, sumere,) causat. offerre. B changed into G, as in Sanser. gavas, Lat. boves. grub grave} bleat balk, s. bark (ré- blatan sonner, Eichh.) (b.) English B inlaut and Sanscr. Bh. jribh (aperire, os- grafan; Goth. graban, grubilon; citare) graban (d.) English B and some other Sanscr. letter. graben, grübeln. blazan; blöken, bölken. bindan; binden. gare) beam, bah,bad(crescere) beam; Got.bagms; baum; Baum. |