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Eng. care, to care for ; M. G. sich kehren ; Gothic, kar-a, kar-jan: froa 
Welsh, car-u ; Irish, car — Lat. car-us, cur*a. 
Eng. car, cart; G. karre ; from Welsh and Irish, car, cart— Lat.cms 
Eng. to carp, carp.et: from Welsh, carpi-aw, carp {vellus)\ /riiA,eeiti! 
— ImL carp-o. 
Eng.c\x\)', J/.G.kiib-el: from cwp-an; /rwA,ciip*a— Xa<.cufi 
k-weXAor. 
Eng. to kiss; M. G. kussen: A.-Sax. cysa-an: from Welsh, eiMt- 
f/a/«7e; Satts. kuc« 
(Eng. to choose); Hf. G. kies-en; Gothic, kius-an; A-^cu:. ceowj. 
from Welsh, ceU-io— Lat. quses-o. 
Eng. to clepe; M. Q. klefi'-en; A'»S'ax. cliopan: from TFc/iA, clepio- 
Sans. clap. 
Eng. pail; from Welsh, padell ; Irish padlial— Lat. patella. 
pear (/W. (?. bir-iie): from IfW^Apcr-an — Zat pirum. 
Eng. \ni9ia (Anc. ar-bis-a): from Wehk^iys — Lat. pisellum; rr.p» 
Eng. petty; from Welsh noth, pctli-aii—Z«t. petium; ZV.pct-it. 
Eng. prett-y; from IV&lsh, pryd-us. , 
1 am disposed to include amongst those English and 
Celtic origni, even such as, though they have not been left 
have rmt been altered in the regular Dianuer. 1 allude to those tvotos v'*' 
labial or palatal tenuis, not, as it should have been, in the respective loi» 
A, but of A and .y : for instance,— . 
Eng. to bake ; M. G. biiuk-eti ; A.-Sax. bacen : from Irish hac-aii-i ' 
Sans. pao. , 
Eng. bath; M. G. bad ; A.-Sax. bath: from Welsh bath— 
basket: from IFr/sA, baaged ; /mA, busgaod— Sans.y^' 
A.^Sax. beorg; CMfr, bairg (coll, fairguni); ilZ G. berg: 
pclrc—par-u. 
bolt; M. G. bolz'C (nf. flltz) ; from Welsh, pal-adr. 
A.-S(tx;. bil; M. G. boil : from Welsh pil—•a’Aerw*’. Sanscr. psn>9 
v4.-5r«-. biddan; Gothic, bidjan ; 3f. G. bitten: from pedi-r^^'^.j^ 
Eng. bride; M. G. braut; Gothic, brutb-(coll, frij-on) : frompn<« 
Sans, pri. 
A.^Sax, gang-an; M. G. gangen: from/WsA ceang— 
grain-o ; hf. G. gram (coll, harm) : from Irish cream-aiD'- 
M. G. gau ; Gothic, guu-i; from Insh caoi—pagus. 
^ O. gauch {Eng. cock) : from Welsh, cog, coeg. . ^ ■ 
1 hw cttect, however, producer! upon the Teutonic language 
contact, with the Celtic is not limited to the introduction of 
number of words; but it extends also over a portion of general 
observances in the etymological and ‘rrntactical, as well a? 
departmenu 1 shall not exhaust tlie patience of this meeting by^, 
on a full examination of all the Celtic influences of such 
which I think I have detected both in English and German : 
myself to the consideration of one of them belonging to the 
mcnl, which is no other than that very change of articulation of whir . 
spoken, and in which I see the result of an adoption by the ' 
peculiarity of the Celtic, which, owing to the primitive, innate 
the character of the two nations and langu.'iges, could ^ 
out p^ducing a complete systematic revolution in the pho^e de^ -j, 
Inu. Tbe peculiarity of the Celtic, just mentioned, js 
stin« of the initial consonants by which ^1’^, not J** 
gui3 led from all others. As a correct explanation of this la” 
