116 Traiisactioits. 



Aijo. — Ache ; O.K., a:un. 



Alces. — Elk (from the Scandinavian). 



Alius. — Else, which —dies, the genitive of O.E., el — alius. 



Almin. — Alder ; O.E., ah: 



Alo.—0\A ; O.E., eald or aid ; G., alt. 



Alter. — Ter is a relic of an old comparative which appears in Sanscrit as 

 tara, from tar (cross over). It is used as the suffix to several words denot- 

 ing "one of a pair," as alter, uter, neuter. The sa,me comparative ending 

 is found in our whether, other, either, neither, and in the G. ander. 



.dm&ages. — Amh (around) is akin to G. m»i and the O.E. ymh or emb 

 (round), a prefix still seen in cmher-({a,ys, so called because they come 

 round at a certain set season. 



Am&o. — Both, from ho, with termination th. 



Amburo. — Buro (burn), found only in amhuro, comhuro, is akin to our 

 bum. 



Anas. — O.E. ened {a dnck), of which the masculine form was end-rake, 

 contracted into our drake. Compare G. ente. 



Awjuis. — Eel ; G., aal. 



Angulus and uncus. — G. angel (a hook), and our to angle, from O.E. 

 angel (a hook). 



Anser. — Originally hanser, akin to G. gans, and our goote, gander ; from 

 O.E. gos (for gons) and gandra. 



Ante. — G. ant in Antwort, and O.E. and, seen in our answer. This pre- 

 fix was very common in Old English, and is akin to end. 



Aper. — Boar, from O.E. bar ; G., eber. 



Apis. — -Bee ; G., hiene. The prefix a found in aper, ajns, is lost in the 

 English and German words. 



Aqua. — Island, from O.E. igland, where ig is akin to aqua. Eyot, a 

 small island, and Angles-cy are also cognate with aq, the root of aquM. 



Arnms.— Arm, from O.E. earm. 



Aro. — Ear (to plough), from O.E. erian. This word is now obsolete, but 

 is found in our Bible and in Shakspere. 



Ascia (acsia). — Axe ; O.E., aex. 



Asinus. — Ass ; O.E., asse ; G., esel. 



Astrum. — Star ; O.E., steorra ; G., stern. 



Augeo.—V^a.yi ; O.E., weaxan ; G., wachsen. Also eke, from O.E. ecan. 



Atu-is (aims). — Ear ; O.E., eare ; G., ohr. 



Aurora ( —ausosa). — East ; G., ost. 



^a;is. — Axle, from O.E. eax ; G., axe. 



Balaeria. — Whale ; G., wall-Jisch. Balaena is probably akin to belvM 

 (a big beast). 



Balo. — Bleat; G., bloeken. 



Barba. — Beard ; G. , bart. 



Bini. — Twin. Bini is bi and ni the distributive ending, as in our tivi-n 

 (two at a time). 



Bos. — Cow ; O.E., cu ; G., knh ; Gaelic, ho. The original root had g, 

 which in the Greek and Latin words was changed into h. 



