The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
WHO cHRIsTENED THE ANIMALs7

WHO cHRIsTENED THE ANlMALs7
Some Interesting Question-How
Know Got Their Names.
many Of u.s. wonder when we go to the zoo,
at pictures animals books,
ourselves whv each of these given the name
it If, flowers, dahla, camelia,
fuchsa and Others they called after their dis
the question would be an one to
in the majority of instances thru
several languages And where animals has been
in common use in this country for hundreds of wears we
shall find that has of spell
ing according the language itself has changed While
length of time greatly increases
for the of these early chrsenngs there u.s. for
tunately valuable clue hand in etymology Now
this the dictionary tells the science that treats
of the true origin history word that
bran hain d., +a1in aoh $3.50 49, nd trscing II
back, where possible FORMS shall discover
what and, at the time think learn much
that is interesting and instructive about its
Now then, examining namemeanings, is
pulled short by African Indian word that we
have borrowed direct from native dialect and too often
where it's significance has been the of time
it is not matter to give explanation Such puzzles
are: Chimpanzee, gorilla drom West Africa opossum
from Australia South Afrca), and jaguar
guana condor (from Anerca). Only in
solve these.
Let take well-known names, and see how
key etymology will unlock their secrets AS the lion
is the king Of beasts he shall first Our word lion
from the Latin eonem, the Romans (the principal
people, having borrowed this rather its
hominauVe Iorm ieo from creek WORD Inc atte, was
probably of Egyptian origin That does not tell much but
spe tigre exactly like which it
copied But French tige older
stiIatin and thence follow it back thru Greek
ancient Persian. In language tighri
signied to which the animal apy compared
fight, especially leaping it's
One thus that in his
title of tiger in that of Brother Stripes by which he
popularity known n India.
quick m re-
ments is the dromedary the fast running, the Greek
word from which is derived Elephant is
traced back to the Hebrew eeph An being the
well understand how eeph applied other
big creature.
Rhinoceros is up of two Greek words, meaning
nose horn and picture of great
you this Hippopotaus (aso from the
Gree) signifies Gust as walrus-of scandi-
navian orgnstands for whale horse) its
ter being well known. #t.&
An equally formidable alligator,
his thus When the Spanish
world of Amercadiscovered bv them in the ffteenth CEN
tury-frst happened the they Immediately
styled ell lagaro that is the lizard sometimes
ing de las midas of the Indies) The English sailors
ignorany linked the two Spanish together
to- it came to be written, agarta from which
the later alligator formed.
If you have giraffe you surprised o
learn that its is derived Egyptian
long neck 1t is also known
resemblance ong-legged spotted
pard panther The mention calls to mind the
leopard called because it originally
been mongre among beasts as were; half lion Qeo)
and half pard. Turning deer it
by Anglo-saxon forefathers, the applied
wild animal With this meaning it name
of the town Derby which olden by
village of the wild beasts probably
in wild and mountainous district the home of wolves and
other animals. =
Stag literally climber having origin
anIcedic word Antelope signifies the brighteyed
that of this
Reindeer, raindeer' is
connection whatever with compound
Icelandic Antelope signifies
possible that the signifies "the running DEER
Mistakes in name-givng not uncommon; there
animals, birds, wrongly
labeled. You have heard of the mammoth,
elephant whose remains have found after
thousands
given to it by the ignorant Siberian who
they discovered its bones while digging ground
thought mole
and died there Mammoth closely allied Tartar
word for EARTH harmless
slowworm's You not think it
the "slowness progress
stance is INSTRUMENTATION of 'say that really
the 'say the snake that strikes
At time everybody thought slow-worm was