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;April, 1873.THE GAEL. 57iveg (way), wcege (balance), tvceg(wave), uKUjian (to wag), Dutchlocegen (to sway up and down), Eng.loay (from A.S. weg), iceigh (fromA,S. wegaii, tvcege), wave (from A.S.loceg), loag (to move from side toside ; from A.S. loagian), and severalother words.The g of vdgii, shows that /en haslost a letter, which accounts for longè (Z. G. C, p. 19).22. Aitreahh, dithreahh, treahh,treuhli; Lat. tribus; Goth, titunrj};Ger. dorf; Eng. tribe, thorp.Aitreahh (building) = ad-treh (theprefix ad and treh - trah, to possess,inhabit). Of atreha (he inhabitsZ. G. C, p. 868) and W. athref,atref (Z. G. C, p. 897). Dithreahh(desei't; anc. dlthreh, also dithruh) =di-treh = di-trab. Cf. dithrehach —diihrubach (Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p.68). To the same root are to be referredtreahh (to plough, till theground), treuhli (tribe), Lat. trihus,Goth, thaurjy^ Ger. dorf, Eng. tribe^thori). Cf. Z. G. C, pp. 862, 897;Di Nigra's T. Glosses, p. 25 ;Stokes'Iv. Glosses, p. 68).23. Lcin and full.Although these words have no resemblanceto each other in form, theyare derived from the same root. Làii,which has lost initial ^j, is connectedwith the Lat. ple)ii(s (full ; cf. p.215), ^;/t'0 (to hll), and the Gr. 2)lèos(full). The root is ^;fe or jila (cfLiddell and Scott's Lex. and Curtius'Gr, Etym.), which may be comparedwith Sansk. 2)ilr (to fill), from jmr,pr. The liquids r and I frequentlyinterchange.Fidl is from A.S. full, which, togetherwith its cognates Ger. fiUlen(to fill), voll (full), Goth, fulls, A.S.fjllan (from which fill is derived),are akin to the Lat. plea and the Gr.2ìlèos, f in the •Germanic languagescorresponding, as previously noticed,to p in Latin and Greek,anc.With Ian (full) and lion (to fill;lin) may be compared W. Uawii(full), llanw (fulness), llenwi (tofill).To the same root Bopp and Ciirtiusrefer Lat. 2^lebs (the common people),pojndns (people), Ger. volk ( ^ Eng.folk). Lit. 2^ulkas (multitude). Tothis root may also be referred Gael.2)ailt (abundant; cf. Sansk. |jitr