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... derived from names of rivers or hills or trees , they may still be called patronymics , because in ancient times the ideas of relationship and descent were not confined to living beings.16 People living near the Elbe might well be ...
... derived from names of rivers or hills or trees , they may still be called patronymics , because in ancient times the ideas of relationship and descent were not confined to living beings.16 People living near the Elbe might well be ...
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... derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as origin- ally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a - thinking , point rather ...
... derived from verbs by means of ung . Although , as I said , it might seem more plausible to look on the modern participle in English as origin- ally an adjective in ing , such popular phrases as a - going , a - thinking , point rather ...
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... derived from légein , which , like Latin legere , means , originally , to gather . Hence , Katálogos , a catalogue , a gathering , a list ; collectio , a collection . In Homer , " légein is hardly ever used in the same sense of saying ...
... derived from légein , which , like Latin legere , means , originally , to gather . Hence , Katálogos , a catalogue , a gathering , a list ; collectio , a collection . In Homer , " légein is hardly ever used in the same sense of saying ...
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... , point , and other derivatives given by Curtius , Griechische Etymologie , i . 101. The Latin catus , sharp , has been derived from Sk . so ( syati ) , to whet . diminutive aiguille , in acuo , I sharpen , in 68 FORMATION OF NAMES .
... , point , and other derivatives given by Curtius , Griechische Etymologie , i . 101. The Latin catus , sharp , has been derived from Sk . so ( syati ) , to whet . diminutive aiguille , in acuo , I sharpen , in 68 FORMATION OF NAMES .
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... derived ; for though dha forms the participle hita , the i of hi - ta would not be liable to guna before tu . Hetú ( Unâdi Sutras , i . 73 ) is derived from hi , which Bopp identifies with Kiw ( Bopp , Glossarium , s . v . hi . ) This ...
... derived ; for though dha forms the participle hita , the i of hi - ta would not be liable to guna before tu . Hetú ( Unâdi Sutras , i . 73 ) is derived from hi , which Bopp identifies with Kiw ( Bopp , Glossarium , s . v . hi . ) This ...
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