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CHARACTERS AND SOUNDS. 75
| sanskṛit. | greek. | latin. | gothic. | old high germ. |
| DEV śwaśura, | ἐκυρός, | socer, | svaihra, | suehur. |
| DEV daśan, | δέκα, | decem, | taihun, | zëhan. |
| DEV jnâ, | γνώμι, | gnosco, | kan, | chan. |
| DEV jâti,[1] | γένος, | genus, | kuni, | chuni. |
| DEV jânu, | γόνυ, | genu, | kniu, | chniu. |
| महत् mahat, | μέγαλος, | magnus, | mikils, | mihil. |
| DEV haṇsa, | χήν, | anser, | gans, | kans. |
| DEV hyas, | χθές, | heri, | gistra, | këstar. |
| DEV lih, | λέιχω, | lingo, | laigô, | lêkôm. |
88. The Lithuanian has left the consonants without
displacement in their old situations, only, from its
deficiency in aspirates, substituting simple tenues for the
Sanskrit aspirated tenues, and medials for the aspirated
medials. Compare,
| lithuanian. | sanskṛit. |
| TODO | TODO. |
Irregular deviations occur, as might be expected, in individual cases. Thus, for instance, naga-s, “nail” (of the foot or finger), not naka-s, answers to the Sanskrit नखस् nakhas. The Zend stands, as we have before remarked, in the same rank, in all essential respects, as the Sanskrit,
- ↑ From jan, “to be born.”
