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ON THE COMPARATIVE ETYMOLOGY 



84. El, Al. — Prefixes, denoting the actor, owner. E or a, he who; i, he, she, it; li, 

 has, is. Cfr. Arab., al ; Lat., 'die. The three demonstrative roots, e, a, and i, are all re- 

 tained in the declension of Lat. is. 



85. Eni, a -person, one, any. Cfr. A. S., an-ig. Eng., an-y. v. Eni, § 76, Qg, § 131, 



86. Eeaij, beast, goat, sheep. From e, that which,, and rag, to wound. Cfr. ro, to strike ; 

 Eng., ram; Lat., arics 1 ? 



87. Ese, afoot, track, course, row, order. Cfr. Lai, secundum, secundus, series, sequor. 

 Gba (= qua, v. discussion of § 81), which has the meanings to collect together, to assist, 

 and ri, to he, with esc, give ese qua, and esc ri, which coincide closely with the Latin ana- 

 logues. Sill, and sole, may he allied with the same root, with the termination le, to lay 

 upon, or le, down, on the ground. 



88. Es'itj. — From e, that which, s'in, to run precipitately. Cfr. asa, a runner ; asaloh, one 

 ■who runs away ; aso, a leaper ; Sans, a§va«, a horse, gal, gval, to run; Lat, asinus, salio ; 

 Goth., asilus; A. S., asal; Ger., esel. 



89. Eto, Oto, truth. Cfr. Gr., topes = e to ma si, that which true really is. 



90. Eyi, e, he, heyi, yes. See Aye, § 62. 



91. Fere. — Fe and fi appear to have a common origin; fe, to blow; (fe no, to fan, to 

 blow off; be, to cool by fanning) ; fi, to swing, vibrate, incline to one side; hence (by the 

 association of ideas that renders "inclination" a synonyme for "desire") fe, to love, wish, 

 desire; fiti, to lean against; fi diiyti, or fehigti, to lean on, to trust in (Cfr. Lat., fides, 

 in both its meanings of trust, and a string ; Eng., fiddle). From fe, to love, are formed the 

 noun ife, love, which in its turn becomes the root of lufe = li ife, to have love, and olufe, 

 a lover, or one beloved, = o li ife, he has love. By different juxtapositions of these roots, 

 we may readily account for the formation of Chin, fe, to do a kindness to; Sans., pri', to 

 love; lubh, to desire; Gr., 9 dim, -/«»?, Umm; Lat,, libet, lubet ; Goth., friond, hubs ; A. S., 

 lcof, lufian, friond; Ger., lichen, freuen, frcund. From fi, to he, flexible, are derived fi, to 

 place, put, apply to a purpose, to make (Lat ,flo) ; h . . ro, to twist; fi le, to make pliable ; 

 fi lo, to make twisted ; fig-rig, a thread. Cfr. Lat., filum, fiecto; Fr., filer. 



92. F19. — Probably from fi, to make ; whence fi ni or fi = to be made, to terminate, to 

 be perfected, to be fine. Cfr. Lat, finis ; Ger., fein. The English fine = thin, slender, deli- 

 cate, retains the still older idea of feebleness or flexibility. 



93. Eo, to.////, to float; fo-fo, foam. Cfr., forth, fowl, A. S., fngl, Ger., vogcl = fo gele, 

 to fly high (gele, to be elevated, raised above the surface, from ga, high, ele, an eminence); 

 Chin., fei; Eg., fai, pai, pa; Sans., pat, to fly; foam, Ger., faum ; Lat, fumo (fo, to float, 

 ma, to wander). With this root is probably allied the preposition f\X,for, to, of by, with, 

 on account of. Cfr. Ger., fur ; Eng., for. 



94. GlGA. — Ga, to be high, tall; ga ru, to rise high (Sans., guru, Ger., gross, great). 



