330 ANALYTIC ORTHOGRAPHY. 
wyr’ek, pronunciation; baj, a ba-bbler, fi-bber; baje (Pol. bajka,) a fa-ble; pe’se’n, a song; 
basen’, a poem; waAti, we'ni, to blow; fujak (and witr,) wind; wicher, a whirlwind; wich, 
a wisp, (Ger. wisch;) wetrnik, a sail; we‘jir, a fan; péro (Pol. pioro,) a feather, a fin; 
perut’, a wing; pych, to breathe; fauneti, to wheeze; pasari, noise; pisk, a whiff, a quill; 
pisak, a writer; pisatel, an author; pis"t‘ala, a pipe, (Lat. risruLA;) pis‘tadlo, a pistol. 
Akin are Polish bez, elder-tree; piszczel, a pipe. 
327. Doggerel, a deteriorative formed like mongrel,—from the Germanic dichter, &c., a 
poet, and meaning bad poetry. 
328. Laudanum, an otosis of nodnum, and a cognate of anodyne. Gr. adj. vedv~voc, 
neuter V24.NON, relieving pain, anodyne. Webster and Sullivan refer it to LAVDO 
(I praise,) first assuming the spelling to be etymologic. 
329. C-lay-more, Gaelic and Irish mor (great,) Gael. claidhamh, Ir. claidheamh, Welsh 
cledd-yf (a sword,) c-led-r (a f-lat body,) lIl-ed (breadth,) Lat. lattis, Gr. z/arvs (wide;) 
Ir. leith-ead (breadth,) leithe (the shoulder blade,) Eng. p-late, b-lade, p-lot, p-lat, flat, 
s-lat, s-late, c-loth, lath, leather, ladle, b-road, sp-read, (and /ed with silent d in) buckler. 
An etymologic orthography like bewgellyedr and cllyedheamhmor, exhibits their mutual 
relation perfectly, to those who object to the phonetic spellings ‘buckler’ and ‘claymore.’ 
329a. Strumpet, Irish striobuid; Gr. p<v2o to stroll, roam, ramble; p2y4%e<, she who 
strolls, a strumpet. For Maraud & Foray, see § 265. 
330. Heyday, perhaps Old Fr. haite (health,) haitie (healthy, joyous, gay,) Ger. heiter 
(serene, happy.) 
331. Grampus, ;porgds, S-CROFA, @ sow; SCRIBO, I scratch, write, (yedgw, 7ASgw;) SCRUPUS, 
_asharp stone; CLUPEA, a herring, from the sharp ventral scales. The motions of the small 
cetaceans are suggestive of the wallowing of swine, and the shape of the snout and back 
are somewhat porcine; hence d¢Agaé a pig, de4yic a dolphin; porpus, from pork-fish, &e. 
332. Davit, a cognate of gaff, from Sp. gavieta, by otosis. 
333. Well, Latin béné,—compare William and Bill; Dan. teLt; Eng. teNt. Bad, Lat. 
malis. Similarly, bonus, mélior, and bellus, are cognates. 
334. Transom, in shipbuilding, a timber bearing some resemblance to a bench; TRAN- 
struM, a bench for rowers, a cross beam; Opdw I sit, (substantive dimin. Opdorpov, of ) 
Opavos, a bench for rowers (the uppermost of three,) a projecting head of a beam. 
335. Fern, xcépev, xcept, akin to zrepdv, a plume, a wing, from zerdw, zrdw, to spread. 
336. Proper names afford much etymological material. Osr?c, rich in oxen. Hooke, 
probably Hugo, exalted, high. Hogg, Hague, Hedge, Hedger. Lightner, Ger. leiten, to 
lead. Forest, probably Ger. Fiirst, a prince, nobleman. Forester, probably Ger. Vorsteher, 
