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110 Gaelic and English ; or, the Affinity ofl-t.Ga.th and A.S. headhu, O.H.G. hadw.Cath (battle) = Gaul, catu- in Catuslogi, Caturiges, is cognatewith O.H.G. hadu (battle, war), Ice. hodh (war, slaughter), N.H.G.had-er (contention, quarrel), A.S. headhu (war). The base ofcath is catii,, probably from the root Jfa (to sharpen). The W.,Corn., and Arm. common foi'm is cad (battle, war), with d for t.Gearc (hen) = 0. Gael, cere isconnected with Gr. KepKo? (hen; cf.Hesychius' Lexicon), Kpt£, gen. KpeKo^ (a bird with a sharp notchedbill), KpeK-oo (to strike or touch a stringed instrument, to sound), allof which words are referred by Fick (cf Wort. i. 42) to an Indo-Europ. base kark (to sound, to laugh), from the root kar (to sound,to call out). With this root are connected Goth, hlah-jan (to laugh),Ice. hlaeja (to laugh), A.S. hlih-an, hleh-an (to laugh), 0. Eng.words may be referred to a base hlah = Indo-Europ. kixik.hlahh-cn (to laugh), Eng. laugh, with loss of initial h. The TeutonicThe derivatives of the root kar (to cry) are very numerous.16. Ceil, cleith, and Eng. hele, hill.Ceil (to conceal), cleith (concealment), W. celu (to hide). Corn.celes (to hide, conceal) are comiceted with Lat. celo (I conceal),Gr. Ka\-ia (hut, store-room), Skr. khalas, khalam (threshing-floor,shed), Goth, hid-jan (to veil or cover), O.H.G. helan, "N .Ti.G. hehlenOther connected Gaelic words are celt, (vestis), fo-ro-chlad(" had been shut up "). Cf Stokes in Beitr. viii. 311.17. Cel and hale,0. Gael. Cel (omen), W. coel (an omen), cocl-fain (glad tidings)are connected with Ice. heill (an omen, auspice, foreboding), Goth.hails (sound, healthy) = *hal-jas, Mid. Eng. heil, heyl, Eng. hale(healthy). The root is kal, whence Skr. kal-jas (healthy, pleasant)and Gr. /caXo'y (beautiful). Cf Fick's Wort. i. 530, and Curtiu.s'Gr. Etym., p. 139.18. Cer-, ciar-, and Scott, harns, O.E. heme.(to conceal), A.S. hel-an (to conceal, cover), Eng. hele, hill (to conceal).The root is kal (to hide).Cer- or ciar- in c^r-chaill (pillow) or ciar-chaill (head protection)is connected by Stokes (Cf Corm.'s Gl. p. 38) with cere- inLat. cere-brum (the brain), Goth, hvair-nel (skull), O.H.G. hirni,N.H.G. him (brains). Ice. hjarni (the brain), Scott, harns, 0.Eng. heme (the brain). The common root is kar (head), whenceGr. Kapa (head), Skr. giras for karas (head), Zend, gara, ^aranh(head).