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IXDO-GERMAN COGNATES. 



Bases. 



Stoment 



EREK bases 

 Kere 



Kered 



Torek 

 Meret 



(dead) 



Marog 

 Wereg 



Werem 



ELEK bases 

 Kolos 



Pele 



Jlhtstratioiis. 



PcntetrKst the fiftieth 

 after. 



The stoiii'dch is so caUed 

 from its having' a 

 h'ttle iiiunth. 



Peleth 



(Spread) 



He was cremated at his 

 own lutirth. 



In spite of the weakness 

 of his pericardium (Gk) 

 he was h en rf Wy cordis.! 

 (L). 



He tJirc7i> his tore at him. 



The iiiiirdertY struck a 

 Jiiorf3.\ blow. Mars is 

 the i;od of Mors ! 



The Marquii^ iiiarki^ his 



marches at the iiiar^irin 



(L) of a stream. 

 The Or^'-anisation (Gk) 



was an ent;/'o-etic (Gk) 



piece of work. 

 He 7/ro^ed him to wreak 



(vengeance). 



The t't7-///icelH is worni- 

 eaten ! 



Heco/Iared (L) thering7/((/5 

 and the rin^lials col- 

 lared him. 



The ptplos was a kind of 

 pelisse Hke a filmy sur- 

 plice. 



The platypus was licking" 

 a plate in the field. 



ReiJiarks. 



first syllable of 

 c/ 6' c e m ( t o ) has 

 been dropped in all 

 these. 

 This case is similar 

 to the last in that 

 (L) lueiitum (chin), 

 (G) Miiiid, have 

 dropped the first 

 syllable of the 

 base; (Gk) crTo/xair) 

 half of the second 

 syllable. 



ef. Slavonic Srdce 

 where the initial 

 guttural becomes a 

 sibilant. 



Mortal ( G k ) 



iSpoTO^, the ;;/ being 

 de nasalised as 

 above before the 

 liquid. 



The last word is but 

 a cognate accusa- 

 tive, unnecessary 

 in old English. 



A iiliu is a thin skin 

 or fell, (L) pellis : 

 hence pelliceus or 

 fur coat, and 5///'- 

 pelisse, or white 

 tunic worn over it, 

 because of the cold- 

 ness of the church. 



The veld is thus a 

 broad and open 

 place. 



