The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsThere 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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The Canary Islands were named for the wild dogs there ; the bird , a favorite for domestic cages , is from these islands ; the color , bright yellow , comes from the bird . ( The reverse happened with cardinal ; see kerd . ) ...
The Canary Islands were named for the wild dogs there ; the bird , a favorite for domestic cages , is from these islands ; the color , bright yellow , comes from the bird . ( The reverse happened with cardinal ; see kerd . ) ...
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Newgate bird : prisoner , especially one exposed to public scorn in a cage outside the jail . “ Must we all march ? ” asks Falstaff , in 1 Henry IV , iii , 3 , and Bardolph answers : " Yea , two and two , Newgate fashion .
Newgate bird : prisoner , especially one exposed to public scorn in a cage outside the jail . “ Must we all march ? ” asks Falstaff , in 1 Henry IV , iii , 3 , and Bardolph answers : " Yea , two and two , Newgate fashion .
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Jupiter Pluvius was Roman king of the gods ( and heaven ) as rain - bringer and wielder of the lightning bolt . Hence pluvial , pluvious . plover , the rain bird . plutonic is used of igneous rock , water , etc. , deep underground .
Jupiter Pluvius was Roman king of the gods ( and heaven ) as rain - bringer and wielder of the lightning bolt . Hence pluvial , pluvious . plover , the rain bird . plutonic is used of igneous rock , water , etc. , deep underground .
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ancient animal applied bhel bird called caput coined columns comes compounds dheigh dheigh N dheu earlier early earth element ending England English especially figuratively four French frequent genus gher gives Greek hand head hence hold horse human imitative Italy John King kleu Latin letters lists literally live Lord meaning meant nebh Note one's onomen originally perhaps person plant play plek Possibly prefix probably Roman root says sense Shakespeare shape song sound speaks stand ster suer term things tree turn ueid usually whence woman words beginning
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| Título | The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots |
| Autor | Joseph Twadell Shipley |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 22 Dic. 2006 |
| ISBN | 0801830044, 9780801830044 |
| Largo | 672 páginas |
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