The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-16

One remarkable fact in the relationship of
several ancient languages is the resemblance of
their Letters. Thus we find the Sanscrit vowel.
which has the sound of the German diphthong al,
to be similar, in form, to the most ancient He
brew Ain or Aim. equivalent in sound to the
Greek Omicron. The ancient Hebrew alphabet, or
the letters of that tongue, found only in inscrip-
lions on monuments, nave a form very unlike
the modern characters, and closely resemble the
Phenician letters. Ain. in Hebrew, signifies eye,
and its Oldest character is very like that in the
Egyptian language, which represents the same
sound. The phonetic hieroglyphical picture of an
eye in the Egyptian language was a letter in
the hieroglyphic alphabet. and denoted the same
sound as the Hebrew Ain. Similar in form, is
also the Phenicidn o. and the Ardmean and the
Numididn and the Greek Omicron, and the Oldest
Italian o. The same is true of the Ethiopian and
Amharish characters, giving the sound of Ain.
In Sanscrit the word A often denotes the same
as the English not, and exactly corresponds with
the Greek pretiXes A or An; with the Latin In;
with the Gothic and German IN: with the Saxon
On; with the Dutch on: and English On. In
Sanscrit, the letter n is sometimes suffiXed for
%euphony, consequently it is spelled as the Greek
An of the same import.
The Sanscrit noun Anscha. in English, shoulder,
appears to have relationship to the old German
Ahsala, and the Latin AXilla, armpit.
The Sanscrit verb, Aka, or Aga, to move. to
go crookedly, may be compared to the Greek Agka
and Agkon. arm, elbow, and to the Latin Angu-
lus. an angle.
The sanscrit Aksi, or Aksa, has resemblance
to the Greek Okkor. or Ossos, which in English
denotes eye: to the Latin Oculus. eye; to the
Gothic Angdn and Augo: to the German Auge:
to the Saxon Eag. to the Spanish Ojo: to the
Italian Occio; to the Russian Oko: and to the
English Eye.
The sanscrit noun Agni, fire. has many aft
mites in various languages. 1t is allied to the
Latin Ignis. fire; to the Lithuanic Ugnis. and
the Slavonic Ogni, and the Russian Ogne. fire;
to the Gothic Auhns, a furnace; and to the Eng
fish lgneous.
The sanscrit verb Adscha, to go. to hurl, may
be allied to the Greek Ago. and the Latin Ago.
to conduct, to drive, to proceel, to move.
The Sanscrit Adsch, or Adscha. a goat. is re-
lated to the Greek Ala Gin the accusative Aiga),
TO the Lithuanic Osska: to the Russian hosa,
and to the German Wiege. a goat.
In Sanscrit, Att signifies upon. ADORE. and be-
yond: and when joined to nouns, denotes greotly.
or gives intensity to their original meaning;
hence We find in Latin 4rus. Il grandsire, and
At-auuS, a great ancestor; to the same PROPOSE
ton may be referred the old German Anti. Unit,
Init. the English And: the Lithuanic Ant. upon;
the Gothic And: the German IND: the Saxon
and: the Latin Eft, and; the Greek Ell. moreover,
vet: and the English Yet.
The affnities of the verb Ada, to eat, are very
evident and numerous. In the Lithuanic, we find
Edmi: in the Slavonic Gdmi and Gudmi: in
Greek Edo; in Latin Edo: in Gothic Ita; in Rus
sian Yeda: all these denotins, | eat: also the
Saxon Etan, the German Essen. and the English
to eat.
The Sanscrit verb Ana. to blow, to breathe,
is allied to the Gothic Usand. to expire: to the
old German INST. a storm; to the Greek Anemos,
wind; to the Latin Ahimus. soul, spirit, and
Anima, air, breath, wind, soul.
Oasis. a fertile spot. situated in the midst OF