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TIT. I. COMPARATIVE ETYMOLOGY.
ObsIV. Transposition!
Of Compounds.
Strangers -who -would he Curious , to
\fee into the Ori^m of a Language,
^cannot d:fcer7t, m fuch Words its af-
faity tokh others : The Cornijlo Ca-
bmlygadzhak, for example, vhich
\ l^gnifics f'juint-eyed would be thought^
''very -wide from our Lhygatcam, tho'
it be but their corrupt Pro?!u?iciatio7t I
of thejlime word, traufpos'd: Aiid\
'very often they that are Maflers of a
Language make no Jiich Reflexion ;
tho' it fame times leads us into a
clearer Notion of Obfolcte Words ;
as may appear from thefoUorpivg Ex-
amples of Tranff option , in fame Old
Britijh and Greek proper Names.
MarA;wydh ( 6c MarAiwcithian )
GwydhvarX.
MeilvryA; (for eafier Pronunciation
caird MeilyrPi ) Bry;t;vael.
Melgad, Kadvael.
Maeldeiu, Dervael.
Mar;v;guii [ScMeirxiaun] Kyn-
viitx.
Maelgun, Kynvael.
Morgan & Morgant , Kynvor ,
-jjhejice Keanmor, fq.d. \\ . Pen-
dew , Arm Penvras , or as in
Norman - EvgHfh Groftell: &
Grofthead) T/;? ' Agnomen of
Malcolm the third. King of Scot-
land.
Gurgcn &c Gurgent, Kynnuaur
Mengant, Kynvyn.
Mengad, Kadvan.
Idrys,Rhvfdyd.
Tydvyl, Ilhtyd.
Ynhu;K, Hyxan.
GR i Cracippus, Hippocrates.
Archippus, Hipparchus.
Anaxippus, Hipponax
Damalippus, Hippodamus.
Lyfippus, Hippolytus.
Menippus, Hippomenes.
Cleollratus, Stratocles.
Cleander, Androcles.
Nicolaus, Laojiicus.
Nicander, Andronicus.
Nicodcmus, Demonicus.
Nicoftratus, Stratoniciis.
Dorotheus, Theodorus.
Dofitheus, Theodofms.
Timotheus, Iheotimus.
Philothcus, Theophihs.
Philoftratus, Stratophilus.
Philodemus , Demophilus.
Diogenes, Gennadius.
Critodemus, Democritus.
OBSERVAT. V.
Addition Of Initial
Letters
The Order of Letters Objerv'd m
this Comparative Etymology are
I. The Vowels : a e i y y o u. with
their Augmentative or Note of
Afpiration, H.
X. Labial Mutes: P b f [or ph] V m.
3. Palatal Mutes : k [ or c ] g%
gh ng ; to which h might be alfo
Initial Vowels Pre-
M I s'd.
A. Was often Premis'd by fame of
the Latins to words that Ufually,
and of Courfe, began with \L- As
appears from feveral Antique In-
fcriptio7is : U Ipio I'ecundino, co-
gnato meo, cum til. luis, libcrtis,
libertabulque omnium aeonnn.
Fabr. Annq. p. 101. N. 138
Antonia Magna Calliffima V ir-
go, quas vixic An. XVIII. M
nil. Di. XIII. aeam domum
eternam quam, compararunt,df«'
lb. p 144. N. 16 J. And this
A ajid Ear /E for E, occurrs fre-
quently as well in the middle and
final Syllables, as in the Initial, as
Posterisqjuae Eorum,
for Pofterifq; ibid. p. 15. -An-
nis XXI. Menfes Villi. Diae-
bus II. p. ^I,&c.
Other Inflances of the iMter A Pre
misd; Monfieur Menage, w his
Origin! Delia Lmgua, Italiana
& French Didt. Etymologiquc ,
takes Notice of: fuch as
Lat. Barb. Bericoccum, An Apri-
cock. Fr. Abricot.
L. Lamella, A Blade. Fr Alumelle.
L.Laurus, A Bay-tree. Ital.Alloro
L. Galla , A Gall or Oak-apple ;
Span. Agalla. And from this
Learned and Ingenious Author, I
jhaU occafionaUy borrow Etymolo-
gical Objervations in rewed of
the French, Spanifli anaizzYan
Gr iioTi, Lat. Apud ydJ'Etym.
SiCiEol. a(!-<pi pro o-^i & Attic «5w-
xvi pro faXvi, &c. Id.
E.
Lat. Species, Fr. Efpcce.
Lat. Spargere ; Fr. E^ardre.
Lat. Sperare ; Fr. Efperer.
L. Spina, Fr. Efpi?ie.
L. Schola, Fr. Efcole.
L. Studere, Fr. Efiudier.
IEo\. "Eowm pro Oi(o» ; Mmht pro
Mmhn. yoff.
Attic. '£«;«» pro »f«» , & nhii pro
'ii^m, &c. Id.
hi Roman Infcriptions , we find
the E frequently added before 1, oi
well 171 the beginning as /;/ the middle
or final Syllables : as E I D U S for
Idus, E I M u s for Imus, (^c.
Lat. Ipfe a Dor. -^'t, <rtpi Voff".
faStj! & "JvAuTTfj Populus Hifpa-
niae. Id.
v,A-ni 5c "lyyi-n; didti Rhodii. Id.
y
y is added in the Welfh before fuch
words as it has common with the La-
tin; i^Latin begin with Sc. Sp.or St.
Lat. Schola, W. yrgol.
Lat. Scapha, W. yi%i2C^h..
Scribo, \V. yfgriveDny.
Scopa:, W. yigyb.
o b s. vi. d d d i t i o n o f !
Middle Vowels.
Stannum, W. yftaen.
Status, W.yftad.
Stadium, W. yftod.
Stabulum, W. yftavelh.
Sterto, W. yftrewi.
We agree herein with the French ;
who aljb uje a Vowel before fitch La-
tin words; as is above Exemplified
in the Letter E.
OAkjjS^, Obliquus. Mr. Men.
Initial Vowels Af^erated , or H
Premis'd to words beginning with
Vowels.
Wal. A,ac&ag, A7id, Arm. Ha
&hac.
W. Enu, A Name ; Armor. Hano.
VV .Eleni,r;&>;f Tear. Arm.Hevlenc
W. Etto, ret, Ar. & Cor. Huath.
V\'. Agos, Near, Arm. Hogos.
VV.y^'enaid,^5i^/;'i Arm. Hui-
nal ; Corn. Hanadzhan.
W. YAihedydh, A Lark, Armor.
Huidet.
added, as a frequent Subptute\Szumm, W. yfguyd.
of c and X. Spatium, W. ysbaid.
L. Lingual lHutes: t d th dh f 2. ' Sceleratus, W. yfgeler.
1 5'. Liquids, or fuch Letters, as when Spongia, W. ysbung.
they begin a word, admit 0/ wo ' Spinus, W. yipydhaden.
CoTifonants immediatly after them: S'^liOy W. yipelio.
llh n r rh. I Spiritus, W. ylpryd.
W.An.1 ifromGitu^ RotighjCora.
Haru.
W. t Eden, A Bird; Corn, f He-
then.
W. Mi a elwes, I call'd; Corn.
Mi a hylwys.
W. Oes, An Age, Corn, f Huis.
W. Yxod, Above, Corn f Hu;(;ot.
Lat. Acuo, W. Hogi, To Whet.
Lat. Altus, Fr. f Hault, M. Haut.
L. Ames amitis, Fr. Ha7ite.
L. Oleum, Fr. tluile.
L. Oftreum, Fr. Huitre.
L. Ofteum, Fr. Hiiis.
L. Alcia , Fr. Hache.
L. Ovum, Sp. Huevo.
L. Ofca, [ A City 0/ Spain ] Span.
Huejca.
L. Orphanus, Sp. Huerfano.
L. Os, oflis, Sp. Hiielfo.
Some of the Old Latins af^erated
the Initial Vowels of diver je words
7tow conflantly written without a7i H
as frequently appears by Old In-
fcriptions. -Libcrtis Libeitabufq;
polterisq; heorum Fabr. JSS. p 54.6.
N. 6. This we aljb find Noted by
Aul. Gellius. H. literam, five iUam
fpiritum magis quam literam dici
oportet, Infercbant veteres noftri
pleril'que vocibus verborum fir-
mandis roborandifque ut (onus ca-
rum eflet vividior vcgetiorq; atq;
id videntur teciflTe ftudio & exem-
plo lingua; Attics, &c. Gel. 1 1 . III.
OBSERVAT, VI.
Additon Of Middle
Vowels.
W.Kraig, A Rock, Corn Karrak.
W. Kneyen, A Nut, Corn. Ky-
nyphan.
Corn. Guav, Winter, ^V. Gaiav.
Ir. Glaine, Bright7iefs; W. Go-
leini.
The Roimns frequently inferted
Vowels in our Britifli proper names,
as we fi7id by thefefoUowi7ig Exam-
ples of Britifh names fill well known
in Wales.
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ObsIV. Transposition!
Of Compounds.
Strangers -who -would he Curious , to
\fee into the Ori^m of a Language,
^cannot d:fcer7t, m fuch Words its af-
faity tokh others : The Cornijlo Ca-
bmlygadzhak, for example, vhich
\ l^gnifics f'juint-eyed would be thought^
''very -wide from our Lhygatcam, tho'
it be but their corrupt Pro?!u?iciatio7t I
of thejlime word, traufpos'd: Aiid\
'very often they that are Maflers of a
Language make no Jiich Reflexion ;
tho' it fame times leads us into a
clearer Notion of Obfolcte Words ;
as may appear from thefoUorpivg Ex-
amples of Tranff option , in fame Old
Britijh and Greek proper Names.
MarA;wydh ( 6c MarAiwcithian )
GwydhvarX.
MeilvryA; (for eafier Pronunciation
caird MeilyrPi ) Bry;t;vael.
Melgad, Kadvael.
Maeldeiu, Dervael.
Mar;v;guii [ScMeirxiaun] Kyn-
viitx.
Maelgun, Kynvael.
Morgan & Morgant , Kynvor ,
-jjhejice Keanmor, fq.d. \\ . Pen-
dew , Arm Penvras , or as in
Norman - EvgHfh Groftell: &
Grofthead) T/;? ' Agnomen of
Malcolm the third. King of Scot-
land.
Gurgcn &c Gurgent, Kynnuaur
Mengant, Kynvyn.
Mengad, Kadvan.
Idrys,Rhvfdyd.
Tydvyl, Ilhtyd.
Ynhu;K, Hyxan.
GR i Cracippus, Hippocrates.
Archippus, Hipparchus.
Anaxippus, Hipponax
Damalippus, Hippodamus.
Lyfippus, Hippolytus.
Menippus, Hippomenes.
Cleollratus, Stratocles.
Cleander, Androcles.
Nicolaus, Laojiicus.
Nicander, Andronicus.
Nicodcmus, Demonicus.
Nicoftratus, Stratoniciis.
Dorotheus, Theodorus.
Dofitheus, Theodofms.
Timotheus, Iheotimus.
Philothcus, Theophihs.
Philoftratus, Stratophilus.
Philodemus , Demophilus.
Diogenes, Gennadius.
Critodemus, Democritus.
OBSERVAT. V.
Addition Of Initial
Letters
The Order of Letters Objerv'd m
this Comparative Etymology are
I. The Vowels : a e i y y o u. with
their Augmentative or Note of
Afpiration, H.
X. Labial Mutes: P b f [or ph] V m.
3. Palatal Mutes : k [ or c ] g%
gh ng ; to which h might be alfo
Initial Vowels Pre-
M I s'd.
A. Was often Premis'd by fame of
the Latins to words that Ufually,
and of Courfe, began with \L- As
appears from feveral Antique In-
fcriptio7is : U Ipio I'ecundino, co-
gnato meo, cum til. luis, libcrtis,
libertabulque omnium aeonnn.
Fabr. Annq. p. 101. N. 138
Antonia Magna Calliffima V ir-
go, quas vixic An. XVIII. M
nil. Di. XIII. aeam domum
eternam quam, compararunt,df«'
lb. p 144. N. 16 J. And this
A ajid Ear /E for E, occurrs fre-
quently as well in the middle and
final Syllables, as in the Initial, as
Posterisqjuae Eorum,
for Pofterifq; ibid. p. 15. -An-
nis XXI. Menfes Villi. Diae-
bus II. p. ^I,&c.
Other Inflances of the iMter A Pre
misd; Monfieur Menage, w his
Origin! Delia Lmgua, Italiana
& French Didt. Etymologiquc ,
takes Notice of: fuch as
Lat. Barb. Bericoccum, An Apri-
cock. Fr. Abricot.
L. Lamella, A Blade. Fr Alumelle.
L.Laurus, A Bay-tree. Ital.Alloro
L. Galla , A Gall or Oak-apple ;
Span. Agalla. And from this
Learned and Ingenious Author, I
jhaU occafionaUy borrow Etymolo-
gical Objervations in rewed of
the French, Spanifli anaizzYan
Gr iioTi, Lat. Apud ydJ'Etym.
SiCiEol. a(!-<pi pro o-^i & Attic «5w-
xvi pro faXvi, &c. Id.
E.
Lat. Species, Fr. Efpcce.
Lat. Spargere ; Fr. E^ardre.
Lat. Sperare ; Fr. Efperer.
L. Spina, Fr. Efpi?ie.
L. Schola, Fr. Efcole.
L. Studere, Fr. Efiudier.
IEo\. "Eowm pro Oi(o» ; Mmht pro
Mmhn. yoff.
Attic. '£«;«» pro »f«» , & nhii pro
'ii^m, &c. Id.
hi Roman Infcriptions , we find
the E frequently added before 1, oi
well 171 the beginning as /;/ the middle
or final Syllables : as E I D U S for
Idus, E I M u s for Imus, (^c.
Lat. Ipfe a Dor. -^'t, <rtpi Voff".
faStj! & "JvAuTTfj Populus Hifpa-
niae. Id.
v,A-ni 5c "lyyi-n; didti Rhodii. Id.
y
y is added in the Welfh before fuch
words as it has common with the La-
tin; i^Latin begin with Sc. Sp.or St.
Lat. Schola, W. yrgol.
Lat. Scapha, W. yi%i2C^h..
Scribo, \V. yfgriveDny.
Scopa:, W. yigyb.
o b s. vi. d d d i t i o n o f !
Middle Vowels.
Stannum, W. yftaen.
Status, W.yftad.
Stadium, W. yftod.
Stabulum, W. yftavelh.
Sterto, W. yftrewi.
We agree herein with the French ;
who aljb uje a Vowel before fitch La-
tin words; as is above Exemplified
in the Letter E.
OAkjjS^, Obliquus. Mr. Men.
Initial Vowels Af^erated , or H
Premis'd to words beginning with
Vowels.
Wal. A,ac&ag, A7id, Arm. Ha
&hac.
W. Enu, A Name ; Armor. Hano.
VV .Eleni,r;&>;f Tear. Arm.Hevlenc
W. Etto, ret, Ar. & Cor. Huath.
V\'. Agos, Near, Arm. Hogos.
VV.y^'enaid,^5i^/;'i Arm. Hui-
nal ; Corn. Hanadzhan.
W. YAihedydh, A Lark, Armor.
Huidet.
added, as a frequent Subptute\Szumm, W. yfguyd.
of c and X. Spatium, W. ysbaid.
L. Lingual lHutes: t d th dh f 2. ' Sceleratus, W. yfgeler.
1 5'. Liquids, or fuch Letters, as when Spongia, W. ysbung.
they begin a word, admit 0/ wo ' Spinus, W. yipydhaden.
CoTifonants immediatly after them: S'^liOy W. yipelio.
llh n r rh. I Spiritus, W. ylpryd.
W.An.1 ifromGitu^ RotighjCora.
Haru.
W. t Eden, A Bird; Corn, f He-
then.
W. Mi a elwes, I call'd; Corn.
Mi a hylwys.
W. Oes, An Age, Corn, f Huis.
W. Yxod, Above, Corn f Hu;(;ot.
Lat. Acuo, W. Hogi, To Whet.
Lat. Altus, Fr. f Hault, M. Haut.
L. Ames amitis, Fr. Ha7ite.
L. Oleum, Fr. tluile.
L. Oftreum, Fr. Huitre.
L. Ofteum, Fr. Hiiis.
L. Alcia , Fr. Hache.
L. Ovum, Sp. Huevo.
L. Ofca, [ A City 0/ Spain ] Span.
Huejca.
L. Orphanus, Sp. Huerfano.
L. Os, oflis, Sp. Hiielfo.
Some of the Old Latins af^erated
the Initial Vowels of diver je words
7tow conflantly written without a7i H
as frequently appears by Old In-
fcriptions. -Libcrtis Libeitabufq;
polterisq; heorum Fabr. JSS. p 54.6.
N. 6. This we aljb find Noted by
Aul. Gellius. H. literam, five iUam
fpiritum magis quam literam dici
oportet, Infercbant veteres noftri
pleril'que vocibus verborum fir-
mandis roborandifque ut (onus ca-
rum eflet vividior vcgetiorq; atq;
id videntur teciflTe ftudio & exem-
plo lingua; Attics, &c. Gel. 1 1 . III.
OBSERVAT, VI.
Additon Of Middle
Vowels.
W.Kraig, A Rock, Corn Karrak.
W. Kneyen, A Nut, Corn. Ky-
nyphan.
Corn. Guav, Winter, ^V. Gaiav.
Ir. Glaine, Bright7iefs; W. Go-
leini.
The Roimns frequently inferted
Vowels in our Britifli proper names,
as we fi7id by thefefoUowi7ig Exam-
ples of Britifh names fill well known
in Wales.
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