The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJHU Press, 2001 - 672 pages 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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... gives us tangible and tan- gent as well as tact and tactile . Similarly sac : to make holy , whence sacred , sacer- dotal , also provides sanctify ; via French , saint ; and via Dutch , Santa Claus . Or the n may be dropped . In this ...
... gives us tangible and tan- gent as well as tact and tactile . Similarly sac : to make holy , whence sacred , sacer- dotal , also provides sanctify ; via French , saint ; and via Dutch , Santa Claus . Or the n may be dropped . In this ...
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... gives us , via Greek , pneumatic , pneumonia , etc .; but the Germanic form , fneasan , has been echoically altered and reaches English as sneeze . Peoples of different tongues , however , also hear differently : it is enlight- ening as ...
... gives us , via Greek , pneumatic , pneumonia , etc .; but the Germanic form , fneasan , has been echoically altered and reaches English as sneeze . Peoples of different tongues , however , also hear differently : it is enlight- ening as ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
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