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Cow : bous (stem, bov) ; L., bos (bov). 



Crab : karabos (beetle) ; L., scarabaeus. 



Crane : gerauos. 



Cuckoo: kokkyx; L., cuculus. 



Damp, deaf : typhos (vapour). 



Dare : tharseo, tharsos. 



Daughter: thugater ; Sansc, dukitri (milker). 



Deck, thatch : tegos, stegos (roof), stego (to cover) ; L.. tego. 



Deer : ther ; L., fera. 



Dike : teichos (wall). 



Do : tithemi (root, the) ; German, thun. The original meaning is 



put. 

 Doom: themis (law). 

 Door: thura ; L., fores. 



Doug-h : thiugano (root, thig) ; L., tango; Germ., teig. 

 Doze, dormouse : darthauo ; L., dormio. 

 Drake (contraction of enedrake, a male ened, A.S. for duck): 



netta ; L., anas; Germ., ente. 

 Drone (hum) : threnos (dirge). 

 Drone (non-working bee) : thronax. So called from the hum it 



makes. 

 Ear : ous or aus ; L., auris. 

 Ear (verb) : aroo ; L., aro. 

 Earth : era (found in adverb eraze, to earth). 

 East : eos (dawn) ; L., aurora. 

 Eat: edo, esthio ; L., edo. 

 Edge : akis (akid) ; L., acies. 

 Eel : echis (snake), enchelys (eel) ; L., anguis. 

 Egg : o(v)ou ; L., ovum. 

 Eight: octo; L., octo. 

 Elk : alke ; L., alces. 

 Ell, elbow: olene; L., ulna. 

 Else : alios ; L., aHus. 

 Ember (days) : amphi ; L., ambi. 

 End : anti ; L. , ante. 

 Ewe : o(v)is ; L., ovis, A. S., eowu. 



Eye : old Greek okos ; L., oculus (diminutive of ocus) ; A.S., eage. 

 Fall : sphallo ; L., fallo; Sansc, sphal. The initial s is lost in Latin 



and the Teutonic languages. 

 Fallow (reddish) : polios ; L.. pallidus. 



