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;56 THE GAEL. April, 1S73.We have already i-eferred (p. 216)to these words as an example of cognatesbetween which there is little orno resemlilance. We shall here jiointout the connection between them.The I'oot is pet (of. Gr. petomai, petdiiintml,2)tèì-on)=S-a.nsk. pat (to fly).Ite (feather ,=pite?) has dropped aninitialp (Bopp's Glossary, p. 226).Examples of the loss of initial p inCeltic were given at p. 215. Eitn(hivd ;=et/in) has lost not only aninitial p but also t before n, whichaccounts for long /in en (Z. G. C, p.19, and Ebel's Celtic Studies by Sullivan,p. 164). Cf. W. edn (bird),anc. ettn, plui'al etinet; also O, Lat.petmi.Feather is from A. 8. f//therz=Gev.feder. Cf. Gr. pteron (=pcteroit.)^ Aor.epesou (Dor. epeton) ; Lat. peto^ impeto(from which are derived Eng. petition,impetus, hnpetuous) ; l^ng. fin,piii (Cf.Gaelic pinne^ a pin). Cf. Bop])'sGlossary, p. 226, and Curtius' Gr.Etym., 1». 190.20. Meannina, cuinihne, farmad,dearmad, mèin^ muin (teach) j Gr.ìnènos, mimnèslco, mènis^ mantis; Lat.mens, meniini, viemor, moneo; Ger.meinen,man; A. S. menan, mynd. man;Eng. remember, memoir, mind, mean(to signify), man.These words, together with a numerouslist ofcognates and derivatives,ai-e dei'ived from the root men, man.Cf. Sansk. man (to think), mnd (toremember; Bopp's Glossary, pp. 285,303), and the Gr. roots men, man(Curtius' Gr. Etym., i)p. 279, 280).Mejunnna (mind, memory; macmeanmna,fancy, imagination) was inancient Gaelic menme, gen. inenman-=men-man, ?/k'/ì being the root and manthe teruiinatiou (Z. G. C, p. 775).C'lnmhiie (remembrance; anc. cuman)^^co-man (the prefix co and the root).Cf. cuimnech (mindful; Z. G. C, p.810, and Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 127).Farmad (envy; auc. fo7'mat)=forman-t;Dearmad (neglect; anc. dermet)=^di-ar-me>i-t (Z. G. C, p. 885). Nfrequently disa])pears before t inGaelic.To this I'oot must be referred mein(mind, disposition), miiin (teach; cf.Lat. moneo); also toimtiu (cogitation)=do-fo-min-tiu, airmitiu (honoiir)=air-min-tiu, taidinet (m.eniovy)^doaith-menta,foraitinnet (memory)=/braith-menta,dovminur and domoiniur(I think), and many other wordswhich occur in ancient Gaelic manuscripts.To the same root must also be referredGr. menos (force, strength),minmeskd {\ven\ina; reduplicated formof the obsolete mndò=^memiò), menis(wrath ; Dor. mdnis), mantis (one whodivines, seer), Lat. mens,-tis (mind),niemini (I remember ; reduplicatedform), 9»-e/;io?' (mindful, from iiiemini),in 01/ CO (I remind), Ger. ineinen (tothink), man (man, the being thatthinks), A.S. menaii (to mean), mynd(mind), math (man), Eng. remember(from Fr. remenibrer; cf. Lat. remeinoro,menior), memoir (cf. Lat.memor), mind (cf. Lat. mens, mentis),mean (to signify, to have in the mindcf. Ger. meinen), man.To this root Cui-tius refers (Gr.Etym., pp. 279-280) Gr. meno (I remain),memona (I wish), mainom,ai(I rage), Lat. maneo (I stay, remain),mentio (mention), mendax (lying),and several other words.21. Feun and Eng. waggon, loain,xoay, loeigh, -wave, loag.With feun (cart, waggon; anc.fen) may be compared Ice. vagn., A.S.ivoigen and wcegn (waggon), Eng.waggon and wain. Cf. Sansk. vuhanafrom the root vah (to draw, convey),veha or vea (way), via (way), Goth.ga-WAG (to move), vigs (way), vagja(to move), 0. Ger. loag (to move),loagan (chariot). To the same rootmay be referred N. Ger. loeg (way),A.S, wegen (to bear, carry, move),