Soo PHILOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. 



1 in, hanch : Ir. <r(jj, leg, foot — Ir. lairgc, thigh, leg; 

 lorga^ foot, lorg, a footftep — C. /^r, leg : Ir. feren thigh 

 — W. bniix, A. 6rex, C. breh, arm : \r.-\-brak^ arm, 

 liand :■ — The Poles and Ruffians have no peculiar name for 

 the hand, for the refpedive reka, ruka, fignify alfo the 

 arm ; nor do theyjtvell diftinguifh this from the fhoulder, 

 P. ramie^ R. pletfcDo, meaning both : — The Germans name 

 both the thigh and leg fchenckel, though the latter is alfo 

 called bein : G. J/jhika, H. Jbir/k, S. Ji'inka, a gammon : 

 AS. fconc, ^.Jkank^ leg; (the modern is only vulgar for 

 the human, but more common for that of animals, as E. 

 ihank — h.+Jkunk, a fold, Jkunka to limp. 



It is very probable that lome tribes had at firft only one 

 name for the whole limb that comprehends the loin, thigh, 

 knee, leg, and foot, which they confidered as a boiv, and 

 named it accordingly. The whole arm was viewed and 

 called in a fimilar manner by fome, as appears from names 

 of the parts, implying curvature — thus "X" means elbow, 

 arm, and part below it : W. A. elin^ C. gelen, I. ////'.'/, el- 

 bow : T. 6ely with Tartar- varieties, hand : all akin to cl 

 in the mentioned elbo"d:s. Perhaps a common name ferved 

 tor both the upper and lower branches among fome — t-)^c\r, 

 which is of a large curve-family fignified the bend of both 

 arm and knee — AS. cannfcancaii meant the lower parts of 

 the arms — Some words of the fame root fignify both walk- 

 ing, &c. and actions of the arms, as, Ir. gahham to go 

 pafs, take, receive, beat : gabhal, travc\\ing,+gabba!7,J))oil, 

 booty — gabhal a fork : gabhal fhir the groin (fork of the 

 thighs) related to numerous Teutonic and Celtic v/ords, 

 as S, gajfeU G. gabcl a fork for eating, ftirring the fire, 

 &c.) — W. giivad, kymmeryd to apprehend : — P. bieze, to 

 run, MS. b)fa to run to and fro ; S.+bby/a to ftir bufily : 

 E. bujj' and bufinefs imply exertion, and fpeed. 



I leave this article with a trembling glimpfe on the 

 manners of primaeval men ! refledting on the rudenefs of 



favages 



