* The Sanscrit nominative pita being formed by elision, we have, in this and the three following words, marked the radical letters which occur in all the other cafes. The Sanscrit sw are, in Persic, always changed to khu. The nominative gaiv, formed by abbreviation. The root man, think, remember, makes in the preterite mamina, corresponding with meminit, he remembered. From this root, comes mana, mens, mind or understanding. The name of the first human being manu, is obviously derived from this root, and signifies, endowed with reafon.. Mankind are hence named mänava, a man, (fon of Manu). this word being the regular patronymic of manu. From this word, the Gothic word mann is manifeftly derived; but the Germans appear to have retained fome tradition of Manu himself. Tacitus fays of the Germans, celebrant carminibus antiquis Tuiftonem deum terra editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditorefque.' But the Latin word bomo, has the fame origin. The nominative is formed by elifion; the ablative bomine exhibits the radical letters. The first fyllable bo is manifeftly redundant, fince it is not found in nemine, no man. We add a few Verbs, only remarking, that the sign of the infininitive must be neglected in considering the analogy of the following From the root mri, die, comes mrit, duft or clay. Hence a name of the earth, mritti. The Indian mythologists confider the planet Mars, as fon of the earth, whence he is ufually called Bhaumis, the patronymic of bbumi. The patronymic of mritti, the carth, is marte. †The root is pach; we have already said that cb is always changed to qu in Latin. bence gan 15 can-tus, the Sanscrit and Latin words for a song. pinis-itum pingere the ch, as usual changed to qu, seems to be preserved in the French, chercher : hence also cheftat, quæstiv. sop-ire khuabiden schlafen bence swatna & somn-us, in Latin and Sanferit. to sleep or lull asleep to serve to paint to stay or stand a rite heaven a village without **From thefe verbs come dhara and terra, the Sanscrit and Latin names of the earth. · † The root plu, signifies to flow, to dive, and to submerge. From this is derived fluere, pluere, and pluvia. It is remarkable, that Pluto, the past participle, signifying fubmerged, should furnish the Latin names of two divinities who dwell under ground, Pluto & Plutus, B b VOL. XIII. No. 26. ita ander ᏚᎾ a hundred thousand to sew burned to generate thus tar (root) signifies tra-verse; bence antara, within; and uttara, beyond; the Latin prepositions ultra and trans. super cruciare über above, upper to excruciate, to cross crus-tum crus-tah, crusta, cruciatus-a-um crustum mala, dirty, sordid malus cwo? moto rajata quo ? bud cuja? sim mod-us argentum We fear the examples we have now given, will appear to be more than were requisite to establish the analogy of these languages in the words which compose each; and certainly they might easily be extended. But it is time we should advance to the second point, the analogy in their structure; which will be found no less remarkable. 1. The distinctions of the feminine and neuter gender are the same in Sanscrit and Latin. 2. Those cases which are nearly uniform in all the declensions, such as the accusative in m, the genitive, the dative and ablative plural in is or bus, bear a marked resemblance to the terminations of the same cases in Latin. 3. The Sanscrit signs of comparison are essentially the same as in the Latin, Persic and Gothic. Sans. guru, heavy gurutar, heavier The German superlative is also used in Sanscrit; for, garishta may be substituted for gurutama. 4. The Sanscrit infinitive in tum, resembles the Persic in den, and the German in en. Sans. * The root pri, to please, to be agreeable, gives piare, to propitiate the gods, in Latin; and in Gothic freuden, to be pleased; whence the name of the Gothic Venus, Freya, and the Sanscrit word priya, amiable. Freytag or Fridog is named in Sansorit from the same planet; but the name refers to her generative powers. |