The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper & Brothers, 1850 - 659 pages |
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... Celtic Element 25. The Latin Element ......... 41 26. The Anglo - Saxon Element .. 42 27. The Danish or Norse Element 46 28. The Anglo - Norman Element 47 29. The Language before the Nor- man Conquest 49 30. Miscellaneous Elements ...
... Celtic Element 25. The Latin Element ......... 41 26. The Anglo - Saxon Element .. 42 27. The Danish or Norse Element 46 28. The Anglo - Norman Element 47 29. The Language before the Nor- man Conquest 49 30. Miscellaneous Elements ...
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... Celtic . Er . athair . P. pader Mother matri Ī¼į¾¶ĻĪµĻ mater mater G. mutter Er . mathair Ī¼Ī·ĻĪµĻ Brother bhratri ĻĻį¾¶ĻĪµĻ frater brat M. G. brothar Er . brathair . Z. bratar P. brader Sister swasri soror sestra M. G. G. swistar Er . suir ...
... Celtic . Er . athair . P. pader Mother matri Ī¼į¾¶ĻĪµĻ mater mater G. mutter Er . mathair Ī¼Ī·ĻĪµĻ Brother bhratri ĻĻį¾¶ĻĪµĻ frater brat M. G. brothar Er . brathair . Z. bratar P. brader Sister swasri soror sestra M. G. G. swistar Er . suir ...
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... Celtic , comprising the Gaelic , or Irish , or Erse , the Cym- raeg , & c .; 3. The Thraco - Pelasgic , or GrƦco - Latin , com- prising the Albanian , Etruscan , Greek , Latin , Romance , Italian , French , Spanish , Portuguese , & c ...
... Celtic , comprising the Gaelic , or Irish , or Erse , the Cym- raeg , & c .; 3. The Thraco - Pelasgic , or GrƦco - Latin , com- prising the Albanian , Etruscan , Greek , Latin , Romance , Italian , French , Spanish , Portuguese , & c ...
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... Celtic , the Goth- ic , the Slavonic , and the Lithuanic . In comparison with the Shemitic , the family bond which embraces this race of languages is not less universal , but in most of its bearings of a quality infinitely more refined ...
... Celtic , the Goth- ic , the Slavonic , and the Lithuanic . In comparison with the Shemitic , the family bond which embraces this race of languages is not less universal , but in most of its bearings of a quality infinitely more refined ...
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... Celtic stock of languages . These languages were spoken by the Celts , who are supposed to have migrated from Asia at some early period , and to have been impelled onward by successive emigrations until they found their way to Gaul and ...
... Celtic stock of languages . These languages were spoken by the Celts , who are supposed to have migrated from Asia at some early period , and to have been impelled onward by successive emigrations until they found their way to Gaul and ...
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accent adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon Article breath called Celtic Celts Classical combination compound CONSONANT SOUNDS contradistinction Danish Dative declension denotes derived dialect Diphthong Dutch ejection element elementary sound England English language etymological express father Feminine French Frisian gender Genitive German glish Gothic language Grammar Greek guage human voice inflection Italian king Latin language Latin word Lithuanic loved Masculine Maso-Gothic meaning Middle English mode modern mute natural Norman Conquest Norse nouns Old English origin Orthoepy Orthography Participle Past Tense person plural number Preposition Preterite pronounced pronunciation race represents Roman Sanscrit Saxon Scandinavian Semi-Saxon Shemitic simple single Singular SmiĆ°um sometimes sonant sound of sh speech spelling Subjunctive Substantive surd syllable taken termination Teutonic th in thin thee thine things thou tion tive tongue verbs vocal voice vowel Vowel sounds Wegferende whence