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INDO-GKRMAN COGNATES. 



Bases. 



Illiistraiioiis. 



Gela 



Gelag 



Ghele 

 Tele 



Pele 



Pela 



Phele 



Melo 



Male 



In this o-/(a/al weather he 

 gave us cold jelly. 



What a galaxy of milk- 

 maids. 



Was the vflldn' o-as Clilo- 

 riuc known to the 

 Flavian Emperors ? 



I have not the talent of 

 patience to tal crate a 

 broken tludc to mv oar. 



Seleb 



Folk are ///// to rtpletlon 

 (L) of this plebeian 

 (L) plethora (Gk). 



Tlie pelav:,\c floor was as 

 plain in its mani- 

 fold movement as the 

 flat of a palm. 



What a fl a ring hi (I st ! what 

 a blasting Jla re ! 



Whata florid bloom ! what 

 a blooming Flora I 



His blood was a melan- 

 choly blne-blaek. 



How laboriousiy he sleeps. 



Remarks. 

 syllable. Teutonic 

 words from KKLA 

 would bei^in with 

 // — bv Grimm, cf. 

 Schil'ler: Du Kiich- 

 lein silber//(7/ und 

 kf:r. 



The connection be- 

 tween glaees and 

 gelecs will be clear 

 to all. But English 

 cold will have its 

 beginning sharp. 



The change from 

 ryaXaKT — to m i I k 

 is an interesting 

 case of labialisation 

 of gutturals. 



This base supplies pf. 

 and supine to ferre 

 (=bear!. The thole 

 bears the strain 

 of the oar. A 

 talent is a lump of 

 gold or silver which 

 l/ore verv heavih', 

 e.g., on the shoul- 

 ders of Naaman's 

 ser\-ants. 



The plebs was the 

 ///// meeting of the 

 citizens in their folk 

 mote. 



P is the Southern 

 equivalent of low 

 G. f by Grimm 

 [ef. above). 



B, on the other hand, 

 is our equivalent of 

 of the Southern f 



For the denasalising 

 of m before / when 

 the intermediate 

 vowel drops out, cf. 

 ^X(i)(TKco, /uLoXovfxat 

 etc. 



ef. labes, a slipping 

 away. 



