The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 - 672 Seiten There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. |
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... Early English cunnan , to know , to be able , whence also our word I can . This meaning is traced to the prolific root gen , to know . Then there is to con , to swindle : they conned him out of his sweepstakes winnings . This is a ...
... Early English cunnan , to know , to be able , whence also our word I can . This meaning is traced to the prolific root gen , to know . Then there is to con , to swindle : they conned him out of his sweepstakes winnings . This is a ...
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... early times began with one of the sounds listed below , may later have changed to the next sound to the right . Gutturals : g , k , kh ( h ) , g Examples : genus , kin ; choler , gall ; host , guest Dentals : d , t , th ( f ) , d ...
... early times began with one of the sounds listed below , may later have changed to the next sound to the right . Gutturals : g , k , kh ( h ) , g Examples : genus , kin ; choler , gall ; host , guest Dentals : d , t , th ( f ) , d ...
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... earliest printing , the 1600 Quarto , and in the First Folio of 1623 , is an anagram of " Bacon ? O , naught due to ... early Latin gnotus turned into English note . Within a word , the two letters may be sounded : agnostic , recognize ...
... earliest printing , the 1600 Quarto , and in the First Folio of 1623 , is an anagram of " Bacon ? O , naught due to ... early Latin gnotus turned into English note . Within a word , the two letters may be sounded : agnostic , recognize ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2001 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2001 |
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ambhi bhag bhel bher bhes bheu bhili bhreg called caput coined columns compounds deik dekm dheigh N dheigh N 13 dhel dheu eghs element ending English folk etymology folkchanged French genus gerbh ghdhem gher goddess Greek guei guel hence ieug imitative jing kapr kel VIII King kleu ksei ksun kuei kuetuer labh Latin leguh leuk literally Love's Labor's Lost meaning medhi morui nebh nekut neuos oino onomen pilo plek pleu prefix relevant words beginning Roman root sek II seku Shakespeare skeu slang smer sner song sound spek sphei ster steu suer suffix tag II tereq teue tragh uegh ueid ueik ueks uelu uer II uerg uiro W. S. Gilbert whence
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