The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe: And More Especially of the English and Lowland Scotch, and Their Slang, Cant, and Colloquial Dialectsauthor, 1877 - 604 |
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ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon animal appears applied aspirate Ben Jonson bird blow called cant cattle CHAMBERS Classical Dictionary cloth Colloquial colour connexion contempt corruption Danish derived drink Druids Dutch earth England English language English word etymologists etymology etymon fellow fool Gael Gaelic Dictionary Gazophylacium Anglicanum German Gothic Greek ground Halliwell horse Icelandic idea Irish Italian Johnson Keltic Kymric land Literally LITTRÉ Low Latin Lowland Scotch Lowland Scotch).-A meaning ment metaphorically Minsheu modern mouth Nares ness noise obsolete Old English Old French Old High German Old Norse one's origin perhaps person philologists phrase prefix probably pronounced Provençal Provincial quoted Roman Sanscrit Saxon says Scotland Scottish sense Shakspeare signifies silent Skinner Slang Dictionary song sound Spanish strike supposed Swedish syllable synonymous talk term Teutonic thing tion trace traceable tree true root verb vulgar WEDGWOOD Welsh whence wind woman WOOD WORCESTER young
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