Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human RaceJohnes, Arthur James
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Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race
Johnes, Arthur James
Ethnology; Human beings -- Origin; Language and languages; Monogenism and polygenism
_Asia._—Eiere,(26) “Day,” (_Zend._)
_Africa._—Iirri, “The Sun,” (_Wawu_, _Negro-land._)
The connexion between the previous words for the Sun and the first of the
two following classes of terms for the Moon will be manifest. The origin
of the relation which is universally traceable between the names of the
two great Heavenly Luminaries will be found fully discussed in Appendix A.
WORDS FOR “THE MOON.”
_Asia._—“Wiri Yere Irri” (_Samoied_), Wurra (_Sumbava Island._)(27)
_Africa, Negro-land._—“Uhaaire Verr” (_Iolofs._)
_Asia._—“Sāra” (_Syrian_), “Sāra” (_Mongol and Calmuck._)
_Africa, Negro-land._—“Assara” (_Gold Coast._)
Dr. Prichard has clearly proved the connexion of the Welsh and other
Celtic dialects with the Sanscrit and other “Indo-European” tongues, a
class in which he considers that the Celtic dialects ought therefore to be
included. The Welsh and Sanscrit words which occur in Appendix A, p. 11,
have already been compared by him in his work on the Celtic Languages. The
mutual connexion of these words is clear. But it will be equally manifest
that the African terms which occur in the same passage, Appendix A, p. 11,
are quite as nearly allied to the Welsh words as are the Sanscrit terms
with which those words have been collated by Dr. Prichard. In some
instances they are even more so. Compare, for example, “Lloer,” The Moon,
(_Welsh_,) with the African word “Leoure,” The Moon, (from the dialect of
the “_Fulahs_.”)
An examination of the names of some of the principal gods of Egypt,
Greece, Italy, and India, by means of a comparison of the languages of all
the Four Continents, will be found in a very striking manner to illustrate
at once the foregoing philological results, and also the origin of those
names, and of the systems of Idolatry to which they belonged.
HOR. Hor-us, “The God of Day,” (_Egypt_,) already explained.
INDRA, The Indian “God of Day,” previously explained.
SURYA, The Indian “God of the Sun.” His Orb personified, (_Sanscrit_.)
OSIRA OSIRI, and SERAP-IS OR SOROP-IS, (believed to have been the same as
Osiri,) “Gods of the Sun,” (_Egypt._)
The same change of inflection which is observable when “Surya and Osira”
are compared with Sero-p-is, occurs in the following:
Surie, Sorrie, Sorré, Sore, “The Sun,” (_Hottentots_.)
Sor o h-b, “The Sun,” (_Corona Hottentots_.)
The same change occurs also in the following:
Z.e.r, “To shine brightly,” Sh. r.-ph, “To burn,” Sh.r-ph eem, “Seraphs,”
(_Hebrew_.)
AUROR-A, “The Goddess of The Dawn,” (_Latin_.)
A.ou.r, “Light, Day-light,” (_Hebrew_.)
Waōūr, “The Dawn,” (_Welsh_.)
Or, “Day,” Ar-pi, “The Sun,” (_Armenian_.)
Wurabe, “Day,” (_Nubia_.)
Ē-o-us, One of the Horses of the Sun, Ēō-s (Eō, EōA, Accusative,) “The
Sun, The Dawn, The Goddess” “of The Dawn,” (_Greek_.)
Eo o hu, Haou, “Day,” (_Egypt._) Uwya Ou, “The Sun,” (_Negroes_.) Huieiou,
“The Sun,” (_Caraibs, South America_.) A u-ō, “To shine,” (_Greek_.)
NET-PHE, “The Goddess of the Heaven or Firmament,” (_Egypt._)
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