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
From Ar, “a River, a Stream,” (_Hebrew._) “Ar-a,” now “the Ayr,” that
enters the sea at Bayeux, (see before, p. 73.) “The Ar-ar,” Gaul. “The
Ayr,” Scotland.
From Ee.a.ou.r, “a River, a Stream,” (_Hebrew_,) a modification of A.r.
Wari, “Water,” (_Sanscrit._) “The Evre” and “Evrette,” France. “The
Wavre,” Belgium. “The Weaver” and “the Wear,” England.
From Ee.a.r (_Hebrew_), and Iaro, “a River,” (_Egyptian_,) “The Yarrow,”
Scotland. (See p. 10.)
From Ur, “Water,” (_Jeniseians_, in Siberia,) and Our-on (_Greek_), terms
connected with the previous Hebrew words; “Ur-us,” the Ouse, Britain.
Thus it will be seen that the various inflections of the Hebrew word A.r.
have been completely preserved in the names of the different rivers in
each of the Celtic countries of Britain and Gaul.
Lamu, “the Sea,” (_Tungusian._) Lam, “the Sea,” (_Lamutian._) Limnē, a
Lake, “Poetically, the Sea, the Ocean, which seems to be the most
primitive sense; also anciently, as it would appear, the Estuary of a
River,” Schneider (_Greek_). At the mouths of the rivers that flow into
the Black Sea lakes are formed, which are called “Limans.”(84) Hence
“Leman-us Lacus” in Switzerland.
Lim-ēn, a Haven, (_Greek_,) connected apparently with the last word, Limnē
(_Greek_). “Lemanæ” vel Portus “Leman-is.” Lyme, in Kent, where Cæsar
first landed.
Jura, a long Mountainous ridge in ancient Gaul. Jura, a long Mountainous
Island (Scotland). “Jur-jura,” an important chain of Mountains in the
North of Africa. Gora (_Russian_), Ghiri (_Sanscrit_), a Mountain.
In the foregoing examples Celtic words having an affinity to the Latin
frequently occur, employed in a manner that shows they could not have been
borrowed by the Celts from the Romans. Thus we have the names
Ar-_mor_-ici, Ebro-lacum, names in which terms like the Latin “Mare” and
“Lacus” are naturally blended with other Celtic words which are quite
unlike the Latin!
I conceive the evidence adduced in the previous pages must serve to place
beyond all doubt the truth of the propositions illustrated in this
Section, viz., that the language of the primitive Celts of Europe and the
British Isles originally consisted of a combination of the Welsh and
Irish, and other living Celtic dialects, united with many words and forms
preserved in none of those dialects, but traceable in the Hebrew, the
Greek, and the languages of other ancient and distant nations.
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