23 The terms for the Domestic Relations are in some instances compound words—in others they seem to be identical with the Names of the Human Race. 24 Probably the terms were not in all cases appropriated in the first instance to the Hand exclusively, but applied alike to all the perceptive organs. 25 Klaproth’s Asia Polyglotta. 26 Eiere (“Day,” _Zend_,) is obviously connected with Huere (“The Sun,” _Zend_.) 27 Klaproth’s Asia Polyglotta, p. 36. 28 Parkhurst’s Hebrew Lexicon. 29 Bohemia is inhabited by a Sclavonic race, &c. 30 This comparison has been extracted from the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine, vol. II., p. 183, in which it was originally published by the author of this work. 31 History of the English language, prefixed to Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary. 32 Rask’s Anglo-Saxon Grammar, by Thorpe. Preface, p. xlvii. 33 Mr. Lockhart has given an interesting account of the origin of Sir Walter Scott’s views on this subject as expressed in the passages quoted above. They were first suggested by a friend whose attention had been much directed to subjects of this nature. 34 This inflection, as in “They Hav-_en_,” is also preserved in the Dialects of the English Provinces. 35 Giv-eth (_Eng._) Gieb-et (_Germ._) Don-at (_Lat._) Can-ati (_Sans._) i.e. Can-it (_Lat._) Diy-ati (_Sans._) i.e. Die-th (_Eng._) 36 A work published by this gentleman under the quaint title of “Tim Bobbin,” and written entirely in the Lancashire Dialect, is well known. His writings, however, display the attainments of a scholar. 37 “_Gang to the recht (right) hand_” was a reply which Dr. Lappenberg of Hamburgh has noticed to the author as one which struck his ear when he visited Scotland for the first time as a student. The approximation to the German is manifest. 38 Rask, by Thorpe, pp. 8-9. 39 This Verb also exhibits the German Plural “Sind,” which differs from the singular altogether, and belonged no doubt originally to a distinct Auxiliary Verb. 40 See Glossary to Tyrwhitt’s Chaucer. 41 Rask’s Anglo-Saxon Grammar. 42 Rask’s Grammar, by Thorpe. 43 Bosworth’s Scandinavian Literature. 44 Ib. See Rask’s Anglo-Saxon Grammar, by Thorpe. 45 The original identity of all these Languages may be said to be clearly proved; the Icelandic, also, seems to have deviated less than the rest from the parent tongue. But this opinion that the Icelandic has not changed at all is a highly unreasonable one. For example, the Danish and Swedish names for “Water”, of which the antiquity is certain from their general use among the Teutonic tribes, &c. must have been lost by the Icelanders. 46 As to Grammar and Inflections, see especially pp. xvii. and xix. xxi. xxiii.—Rask.