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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In Tatar , mama was used to mean earth ; whence mammont : a monster that was thought to burrow in the earth ; a giant , extinct elephant . Mistaking the n for u , Fr mammouth , whence E mammoth - and in 1977 an actual baby mam- moth was ...
In Tatar , mama was used to mean earth ; whence mammont : a monster that was thought to burrow in the earth ; a giant , extinct elephant . Mistaking the n for u , Fr mammouth , whence E mammoth - and in 1977 an actual baby mam- moth was ...
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... Klaproth renamed it titanium , the Titans being children of Uranus and his wife Ge , goddess of earth ( whence ... is the ninth most abundant element in the earth's crust , and exists in even higher concentration on the moon .
... Klaproth renamed it titanium , the Titans being children of Uranus and his wife Ge , goddess of earth ( whence ... is the ninth most abundant element in the earth's crust , and exists in even higher concentration on the moon .
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L tersa , terra : dry earth , as in terra firma , terra cotta . terrain , territory ; extra- territorial , terrestrial , extraterrene , extraterrestrial . inter , earlier interr , as still in interring . interment .
L tersa , terra : dry earth , as in terra firma , terra cotta . terrain , territory ; extra- territorial , terrestrial , extraterrene , extraterrestrial . inter , earlier interr , as still in interring . interment .
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient animal applied bhel bird called caput coined columns 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 medhi 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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