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shabath with some of its derivatives means merely to cease from work, to 

 rest, likewise to come to an end. 



9. — That also with respecMo a variety of other words, there exists a 

 close connexion between the Sanscrit, Greek, Latin and German lan- 

 guages, is well known to those who have made this branch of human 

 knowledge the particular object of their enquiries, but I shall add here 

 a list of Sanscrit words with their derivatives, in order to convince the 

 uninitiated of this, and to draw the attention of scholars more generally 

 to the comparative study of languages and dialects, especially of those 

 in India, or connected with this country, principally Sanscrit, Armenian, 

 and the provincial dialects in the north of India or in the Himalayan 

 and Caucasian range of mountains ; because by such studies much unex- 

 pected light may still be thrown on ancient history. 



Onto* (Sanscrit,) andam Tamul), das ende (Germ.), the end, 



oshono,- , asanam (^y^GOTLO, Tamul), das essen, the eating. 



vidova, veduvei aj^£o>su ? Tamul), vidua, widow, wittwe 



(Germ.) 



vohoti, vehit;— hence : 



vahanam, vaganam or vahanam 6ST*-O a Tamul), wagen (Germ.) 



= waggon. — Vaganam, corresponds exactly to the 

 Latin, vehiculum, consequently this last word 

 and waggon must be allowed to come from the 

 same (Sanscrit) root. 



vindoti, er findet (German) = he findeth. 



valo, (Sanscrit) strength, = bala (Karnataka,) palam ( LJS1>)/ - £| ? 



Tamul), validus, valde ; — bold, — balde, (quick, in 

 German). 



Likewise osti=o<rTeov — os, ossis ; — oshion=os, oris; — vortute=vertitur; 

 yunkte, = jungit and jungitur ; — nidhi = nidus = nest ;— modhyoh, 

 medius, = /meaos — mid, middle = mitte and mittel (Germ). 



Ondani, die enten (German) ducks. Tandovo = der Danz = dancing. 

 Torsho = thirst = durst (Germ.) the root of which is probably, diirre 



(Germ.) = dry.— Ognih = ackini U$ys9.33fl, Tamul)=oheni (n mou- 



ill6, Bohem.) = ignis.— Rotho — radam ^ LC> -> Tamul) = das Rad 



* The Sanscrit words occurring in the whole of this treatise, have been taken from the in- 

 genious and elegant work of Frederick Schlegel " On the Language and Wisdom of the Hin- 

 dus" (adopting his orthography). This work first directed my attention to the treasures 

 of Sanscrit literature ; whilst another acute and eloquent philological writer, the Rev. Mr. 

 Breidenstein, Ecclesiastical Councillor, and Chaplain to the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, 

 led me to the comparative study of languages, and I gladly seize this opportunity to 

 acknowledge that nearly every idea contained in my former treatise " On Original and 

 Derived Languages," I owe to the latter gentleman. 



