Knowledge (_W._) 14. To Gorm, Warm, (_Eng._) Gwresogi, heat, or (_Ir._) (_W._) warm. 15. A Sgath, Skia, Skiad-on, (_Greek._), Cysgod, Shadow. (_Ir._) Schatten, (_Germ._) (_W._) 16. To |Raid-him, Read-en, (_Germ._) Siarad, speak. (_Ir._) (_W._) Some of these examples would furnish a more plausible argument to show that the Irish are a Gothic race than any which have been advanced to prove that the Welsh are of Gothic origin! It is singular, for instance, that the Irish terms expressive of the Domestic relations are so near the English as to excite in the first instance a suspicion that they must have been borrowed from the followers of Strongbow! But this impression must be dispelled by the reflection that terms of this class are never borrowed from its conquerors by a nation that continues to retain its primitive language. Moreover, it will be observed, that the Irish, in the instance of these words, approaches much more nearly to the Gothic, Hungarian, and Russian, &c. than it does to the English. Again, the Irish word “Gorm,” To heat or warm, is _like_ the English “Warm.” But, on the other hand, its genuineness is rendered indisputable by its _absolute identity_ with the word ’Gorm’ in Persian and Egyptian, (See Appendix A, p. 21.) Finally, the resemblances manifested above by the Irish to the Greek are quite as close as those which the former language displays to the English and other Gothic Tongues. In these examples, therefore, we may recognize proofs not of any partial results or specific connexions, but of the more complete approximation of the European languages as we enlarge our range of inquiry, and obtain more ample specimens of each Class.