The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1.03.1984 г. - 672 страници 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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... Perhaps labarum . limp , lump , lumpfish . From lump , lunch ( as hump , hunch ) . slum has recently been euphemized into ghetto by those interested in displac- ing blame . A slum is created by its inhabitants ; a ghetto is imposed by ...
... Perhaps labarum . limp , lump , lumpfish . From lump , lunch ( as hump , hunch ) . slum has recently been euphemized into ghetto by those interested in displac- ing blame . A slum is created by its inhabitants ; a ghetto is imposed by ...
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... perhaps also borrowed from Hebr barodh : spotted . leopardite . leonine . lioncel . lionize . Rum , leu : coin with lion on it ; Bulg , lev , same meaning . pantaloons is from St. Pantaleone : all lion ( see Pan , under keu II ) ...
... perhaps also borrowed from Hebr barodh : spotted . leopardite . leonine . lioncel . lionize . Rum , leu : coin with lion on it ; Bulg , lev , same meaning . pantaloons is from St. Pantaleone : all lion ( see Pan , under keu II ) ...
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... ( perhaps with a thought of torq : to twist ) ; E tarsus . trass : spread of volcanic earth , perhaps shortened from terrace . OFr fumeterre : earth smoke ; E fumitory ; once used against scurvy . traulism : stam- mering , supposedly ...
... ( perhaps with a thought of torq : to twist ) ; E tarsus . trass : spread of volcanic earth , perhaps shortened from terrace . OFr fumeterre : earth smoke ; E fumitory ; once used against scurvy . traulism : stam- mering , supposedly ...
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