INDO-GERMAN COGNATES. 



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Bdsc, 



Illustrat'wus. 



Riiiuirks. 



find the original 

 language of man, 

 they first utter the 

 Phrygian word 

 bekos (bread) from 

 this base, and so 

 showed Phrygian 

 to be (not the 

 original language 

 but) an Aryan 

 languaire. 



Bases of One Syllable with a Diphthong 



DHEI (suck) 



POU (foal 



MOI 



OUS (mouth) 



GHOUM 



PAU 



SOUT 



The young have a filial 

 relation to the female. 



Pullets (L) are the young 

 of animals : the puerile 

 ( L) human is cared for 

 by a pedagogue (Gk 

 really irdfLq). 



Of old the Mime (G) was 

 considered mean and 

 false'"" ; his character 

 must necessarily be- 

 come mutable (L). 



The doctor r///.scultated (L) 

 with his right ear and 

 delivered his verdict 

 orally (L). 



Tennyson's '"Jaws of 

 vacant darkness " were 

 the faucal orifices of 

 CJiaos : but has Chaos 

 i^ums ? 



Pj'7'otechnics are artistic 

 ^'/r-vvorks. 



The boy was sad^er\e6. 

 by his 5(^/^iffying (L) 

 dinner. 



These Latin words 

 are connected with 

 felare and the Gk 



For the ear, from its 

 shape, is also an 

 orifice or mouth 

 (L OS). 



This is a case of y 

 = 0- by Grimm. 

 Note that (L)/ ha 

 to represent all the 

 aspirates, as the 

 Gk and ^ are 

 wanting in Latin. 



cf. the base Pou 

 above. The p is 

 aspirated in the 

 English form (by 

 Grimm's Law). 



But the 5 is dropped 

 in the Greek. The 

 boy was doubtless a 

 liedomst — too fond 

 of sweet things. 

 [L sua{d)via ; Gk 

 [a-F^rjBrea {sive- 

 dwea).] 



Such is the meaning of old High G mein. 



