ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES. 265 
the idea of a fixed state. Sanskrit: stidaha, (to 
stand); Persian: istad; Greek: istad, stelé 
(pillar); German: stehen; Latin: stare, stella; 
star, style, &c.* 
F L. in the Teutonic and greco-latin branches 
express something fluid: Fluo, Flumen, Fluss, 
fliessen, to flow. 
BR, signify to carry. St Baradi; Gr.: pherd; 
L. fero; G: behren, to bear. I have no doubt, 
bringen, to bring, comes from the same root. 
The same consonants B R, followed by a dental 
convey the idea of brotherhood. Ex: St‘ Bhratri or 
Brader, P": Brader; G: Bruder; L: Frater. &c. 
The harsh labials F, P and M, with a dental, 
invariably express other kinds of relationship ; 
S': Pidra; P®: Peder; Gr. and L: Pater; G: 
Vater, Father; S‘: Madra; P*: Mader; Gr: 
Métér; L: Mater; G: Mutter, Mother. 
B or P R, preceded by a vowel, generally 
* Owing to the want of Greek and German types, Greek 
and German words will be spelled with Roman characters, 
and the éta will be distinguished from the epsilon, the omega 
from the omikron by the accent. 
