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... ( Gothic , and - s ; Old High - German ant - er , ent - er ; Middle High - German , end - e ; Modern High - German , end ) . This was pre- served as late as Gower's and Chaucer's time , 13 though 12 Archdeacon Hare , Words corrupted by ...
... ( Gothic , and - s ; Old High - German ant - er , ent - er ; Middle High - German , end - e ; Modern High - German , end ) . This was pre- served as late as Gower's and Chaucer's time , 13 though 12 Archdeacon Hare , Words corrupted by ...
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... Gothic , in A. S. hvate , in Lithuanian kwetys , in Eng- lish wheat , and all these words point to the Sanskrit sveta , i . e . white , the Gothic hveits , the A. S. heit . In Sanskrit , sveta , white , is not applied to wheat ( which ...
... Gothic , in A. S. hvate , in Lithuanian kwetys , in Eng- lish wheat , and all these words point to the Sanskrit sveta , i . e . white , the Gothic hveits , the A. S. heit . In Sanskrit , sveta , white , is not applied to wheat ( which ...
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... Gothic faran , the English to fare , are the same words as perán ; hence the German Erfahrung , experience , and Gefahr , periculum ; Wohlfahrt , welfare , the Greek euporía . As long then as the word experiment ex- presses this more or ...
... Gothic faran , the English to fare , are the same words as perán ; hence the German Erfahrung , experience , and Gefahr , periculum ; Wohlfahrt , welfare , the Greek euporía . As long then as the word experiment ex- presses this more or ...
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... Gothic , steigan ; and in Sanskrit we find stigh , to mount . Quite a different root is presupposed by stúchos . As tómos points to a root tam ( témno , étamon ) , or bólos to a root bal ( bélos , ébalon ) , stóchos points to a root ...
... Gothic , steigan ; and in Sanskrit we find stigh , to mount . Quite a different root is presupposed by stúchos . As tómos points to a root tam ( témno , étamon ) , or bólos to a root bal ( bélos , ébalon ) , stóchos points to a root ...
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... Gothic , but an aspi- rate ; if a root begins with an aspirate in Sanskrit , that aspirate will never be an aspirate in Gothic , but a media ; if a root begins with a media 92 ROOTS .
... Gothic , but an aspi- rate ; if a root begins with an aspirate in Sanskrit , that aspirate will never be an aspirate in Gothic , but a media ; if a root begins with a media 92 ROOTS .
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