The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001-07-01 - 672 psl. 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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... folkchanged from its transparency, like glass). ballot-“Bullets or ballots govern the world.” balloon; bale: large bundle. L follis: bellows. follicle. folly; fool: windbag. foolhardy. foolproof. foolscap, from the early watermark ...
... folkchanged from its transparency, like glass). ballot-“Bullets or ballots govern the world.” balloon; bale: large bundle. L follis: bellows. follicle. folly; fool: windbag. foolhardy. foolproof. foolscap, from the early watermark ...
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... mulberry, genus Morus, see moro. For naseberry, see melit. Spiced ale with sops of bread is called aleberry, by folkchange from alebrey: ale and briw: pottage, whence brew agree that and brewery. A similar dish with water instead of ale.
... mulberry, genus Morus, see moro. For naseberry, see melit. Spiced ale with sops of bread is called aleberry, by folkchange from alebrey: ale and briw: pottage, whence brew agree that and brewery. A similar dish with water instead of ale.
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... folkchanged to E goose. Or, since it ripens about the feast day of St. John, it may have been Gc Johannesbeeren, shortened to Janbeeren, folkchanged to Gansbeeren, then literally translated as gooseberry. The wild gooseberry is also ...
... folkchanged to E goose. Or, since it ripens about the feast day of St. John, it may have been Gc Johannesbeeren, shortened to Janbeeren, folkchanged to Gansbeeren, then literally translated as gooseberry. The wild gooseberry is also ...
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... folkchange from Skr Simhaladvipa: Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island. An intended instance of serendipity occurred when in 521 B.C. seven noble Persians had killed the pretender Smerdis, who sought to usurp the throne on the death of ...
... folkchange from Skr Simhaladvipa: Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island. An intended instance of serendipity occurred when in 521 B.C. seven noble Persians had killed the pretender Smerdis, who sought to usurp the throne on the death of ...
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... folkchange from Gm Vielliebchen: much beloved darling-comes a playful game, Philippine or philopena. If a nut, such as an almond, is found to have two kernels, the finder offers one to a person of the other sex; at their next meeting ...
... folkchange from Gm Vielliebchen: much beloved darling-comes a playful game, Philippine or philopena. If a nut, such as an almond, is found to have two kernels, the finder offers one to a person of the other sex; at their next meeting ...
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The Origins of English Words– A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Trumpų ištraukų rodinys - 1984 |
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