ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGES. 271 
Being anxious fully to demonstrate the close 
affinity between two great families of languages, 
long considered totally different, I must crave the 
indulgence and patience of this society, of those 
members, at least, who do not take a great inter- 
est in such researches. This paper would be 
incomplete, if I did not enter into particulars. I 
will now introduce all kinds of words, showing 
that there scarcely is any object or action, the 
similar expression of which may not be traced 
both in the Teutonic and greco-latin languages. 
Let us begin with the verbs, bearing in mind that 
certain consonants are identical, as 
BP, Ph F V5 
C, Q, Ch, a: 
Dy sh LN: 
De WDh Esa bw) eS Z.. 
changed into a hard K in the word God, but into a W, the sound of 
which approaches to that of the G, and this is the origin of the word 
Wodan. The same writer states that the word ‘‘ Gott” derives its 
origin from the root Ot, Od, Eut, which signifies possession, power, 
and from the gzlic or old Slavonian article G. This word means the 
powerful, the Almighty, the ruler of the universe. Hence also the 
words Th-eos, Th-eut, D-eus, Z-eus and perhaps also the name of 
Zeba-oth.” For my part, I am inclined to think that “‘ Gott and gut,” 
God and good, are simply derived from the Greek word ‘‘ Agathos,” 
good or goodness, a word, according to St. Matthew’s Gospel, ch. xix. 
ver. 16, applicable to God alone. I have not the least doubt that 
Theos, Deus, comes from the Sanskrit ‘‘ Diva,” in Zend ‘* Diu,” in 
the Egyptian ‘‘ Theos” as in Greek, 
