1837.] 



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Gaelic) och (oh) with the word wkvs, and derive from Tv (ttos) the syl- 

 lable cab, which is the root of the "word, caballus.* 



23. The intimate connexion of the Japhethitic and of the Shemhic 

 languages, as demonstrated* in some of the preceding etymological 

 deductions, is surprising, and deserves the attention and further inquiry 

 of scholars. To prove that they are not quite solitary instances, I shall 

 add here some more. 



kol Hebrew 



to call 



kara (Hebrew) 



J^- (dixit), Arabic ;=calo (ancient Latin, e. g. 

 comitia calata, — nomenculatoror nomenclator)= 

 clamo ; ic\a^<yiv, k\ci£u)= kiang (the sound), 

 Germ. ; klingen (to sound);— kalladi (he called,) 

 Icelandic; kallen, to speak, (in the provincial 

 dialect of Aix-la-Chapelle)— hallen, (to sound, 

 resound,) Germ, ; gallen (to sound unpleasant- 

 ly) Germ. 



C crier (French)=shreien (Germ.); kreishen (to 

 <Jcry or weep); cry; Kpa^io = kricheti, pron» 



kriceti, 

 r * a 



(Bohemian). 

 (Chald.) y-TN and 



TW$$ aretz 

 ar * a ; T ~ : ~ 



epa, epa^e J [ Hebr.) = Hertha, Dea Terra (Tacitus 



Hesiod. ep^a, 419 ^\Germ. 40) = earth = erde, Germ. ;■— wurzel = 



apis — (herba, Hesychius);— epiOos ;— aro ; ar- 

 wm; ervum=o/3o/3os.=erbse (Germ.) 



Gib * ah (Hebr. collis) ; J-^(Arab) == cupola=kuppel (G.) ; gabal, 

 (Hebr. to finish) : 



rkuppe (summit, Germ.) ; caput; = kappe (Germ.) = cap \ 

 tcvfirj }ice(pa\7j ; capillus ;— giebel, (summit of a house) Germ, j 



t gipfel, (summit of trees) Germ, 

 kopf (head, Germ.) — haubet (ancient G.) = haupt, (modern Ger- 

 man) = head. 



The derivations from kol and kara might be owing to onomatopoeia j 

 but not so those from epa and Kvcfiy. Some others of the latter kind 

 are, shen (Hebr.) = zahn = dens = o5«? == tooth. — Manah (Hebr. 

 to count, arrange, apportion) ; hence, piva, fivq = mina ; money, mo- 



* I cannot but transcribe from Professor A. W. von Schlegel's " Indisclier Bibliothck" 

 the following pretty French lines : 



Alfana vient d' equus sans doute, 

 Mais il fant avouer aussi, 

 Qu' en venant de la jusqu 'ici, 



II abien change sur la route.— Ind, Bibl. Vol. II. No. I, 

 But notwithstanding the great change, I think it is evident, that the relationship of 

 tinro<s and caballus is quite legitimate. 



