A Dictionary of English Etymology: E - P, Volume 2Trübner, 1862 - 567 pages |
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A Dictionary of English Etymology, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) Hensleigh Wedgwood No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
applied bird bird-lime blow Bohem Bret called Castr cattle chatter Chaucer Chitterling cloth commonly compared corn corruption crack dabble derivation Diez Esthon explained expression fimble flap flutter formerly fret Fris gabber Gael give glima glisa Goth grimmen Grisons ground hair hand hang Hence horse idea jaws kind knob knot language leggia light liquid Lith look loose lourche lump Manx mesti mouth mutter nasalized noise notion one's original meaning peep pick piece Piedm prick probably properly Prov quod radical meaning representing the sound Romance languages root Rouchi Russ seems seen sense shine shiver signifying slack soft speak stammer Swab Swiss syllable taken term thence thick thing tion Venet verb Walach Westerwald whence wlap word