The Gaelic etymology of the languages of western Europe : and more especially of the English and Lowland Scotch and of their slang, cant, and colloquial dialects
THEGAELIC ETYMOLOGYof Western iurajjtAND MORK ESPKCIALLY OFTHE ENGLISH AND LOWLAND SCOTCH,AND OF THEIR AND DIALECTS.SLANG, CANT, COLLOQUIALCHARLES LL.D.MACKAY,FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF OF DENMAKK.ANTIQUARIES"word in human has itsEvery THE DUKE OF SOMERSET.language pedigree.""Without a considerable of no can make whatever inGaelic,knowledge person any proficiency philology."-Dtt. LateMiriiKAY, Professor Oriental in theof La-nynages of Edinburgh.UniversityLONDON :PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BYN. TRliBNER AND LUDGATE HILL.CO.,1S77.:LONDONGILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.TOHIS ROYAL HIGHNESSTHE PRINCE OF WALES,DUKE OF EARL OP BARONROTHESAY, CARRICK, RENFREW,1XDLORD OF THE ISLES,"\EIiis Uolumc,WHICH SHOWS THE CONNEXION OF THE LANGUAGEOF HIS SCOTTISH ANCESTORSANDOF THE EARLIEST KELTIC INHABITANTS OF GREAT BRITAINAND IRELANDWITH AND MODERNSAXON, MEDIEVAL, ENGLISH,ISDEDICATEDUY SPECIAL I'EIJMISSION.1877.LONDON, October,A :1LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.Gentlemen deceased since the commencement this Work.Names marked with are thoseThe of of(*)WALES. J. Greenock.THE PRINCR OF F.,H.R.H. C.aird, Esq.,of M.P.OF EDINBURGH.THE DUKE Cameron, Donald, Esq., Lochiel,Greenock.LEOPOLD.H.R.H. PRINCE Colin, Esq.,Campbell,C.E.Church, Earle,George Esq.,OF LONDON. ofSOCIETYTHE HIGHLAND Clnuy.Cluny, Macpherson, OF EDINBURGH.THEOF ABERDEEN.THE UNIVERSITY Hon. the Earl of.theDerby, RightOF EDINBURGH.THE Hoii. the Earl Gov.-Gcn.of,Dufferin, ...
THE
GAELIC ETYMOLOGY
of Western iurajjt
AND MORK ESPKCIALLY OF
THE ENGLISH AND LOWLAND SCOTCH,
AND OF THEIR AND DIALECTS.SLANG, CANT, COLLOQUIAL
CHARLES LL.D.MACKAY,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF OF DENMAKK.ANTIQUARIES
"
word in human has itsEvery THE DUKE OF SOMERSET.language pedigree."
"
Without a considerable of no can make whatever inGaelic,knowledge person any proficiency philology."
-Dtt. LateMiriiKAY, Professor Oriental in theof La-nynages of Edinburgh.University
LONDON :
PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY
N. TRliBNER AND LUDGATE HILL.CO.,
1S77.:LONDON
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.TO
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE OF WALES,
DUKE OF EARL OP BARONROTHESAY, CARRICK, RENFREW,
1XD
LORD OF THE ISLES,
"\EIiis Uolumc,
WHICH SHOWS THE CONNEXION OF THE LANGUAGE
OF HIS SCOTTISH ANCESTORS
AND
OF THE EARLIEST KELTIC INHABITANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND
WITH AND MODERNSAXON, MEDIEVAL, ENGLISH,
IS
DEDICATED
UY SPECIAL I'EIJMISSION.
1877.LONDON, October,
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