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206 Gaelic and English ; or, the Affinity ofGAELIC AND ENGLISH ; or, THE AFFINITY OF THECELTIC AND TEUTONIC LANGUAGES.(Continued from p. 115.)40. Colbh or colmh and 0. Eng. halm.Colbh (reed, stalk) = cohnh = Lat. calamus (a reed), culmus(stalk), Gr. KuXa/j.oi! (a reed), KaXd/ni] (stalk), Skr. kalamits (akind of rice, writing-reed), Ch.-Slav. slama (a stalk), O.H.G.halam, halm (a stalk). Ice. halmr, A.S. healm, 0. Eng. halm (areed or stalk). The Europ. stem is *kalma (stalk), from root kal(to drive, impel). Cf W. calaf (a reed).41. Coll and hazel.Co^? (hazel) =W. coll, ior *coslos (Corm. Gloss.), is connectedwith Lat. corulua (a hazel tree), for *cosulus, Gr. KopvXo^, Ice.hasl (hazel), Dan. and Swed. hassel, O.H.G. hasala, N.H.G., hasel,A.S. hacHcl, Eng. hazel, all from root has (to split ; to prick,sting), rick's Wort. i. 531.42. Conn and 0. Eng. liucje (animus, mens).Conn (sense, understanding) = *cugno, is connected by Stokes(Beitr. viii. 14), with Goth, hugs (intelligence, thought). Ice. hug-r(mind, thought), O.H.G. hugii, 0. Eng. huge (mind, animus, mens).Is Ice. hannr (skilled) connected ?43. Corn and horn, hart.Corn (a drinking-horn), Welsh, Corn., and Arm. corn, are connectedwith Lat. corn-u (a horn), cervu.s (a stag), Gr. /ce'pay (ahorn), gen. Ktparo? (stem Kepar), Kepao? (horned), Goth, haurn(horn), O.H.G. heruz, N.H.G. AiC6c/t (a stag), A.S. horn, Eng. horn;A.S. heorot and heort (a stag), Eng. hart. The Celtic, Latin, andTeutonic words for horn are from a base karna (horn), and thecommon root is kar, signifying either " to go " or to " be hard."W. carw (a stag) may be compared with Lat. cervus. The baseis karva (horned). Cf Fick's Wort. i. 457 and Curt. Gr. Etym.pp. 146, 147.44. Cos and O.H.G. hahsa.Cos (foot), in Welsh coes (the leg from the knee to the ankle),is connected with Lat. coxa (the hip, the hip bone), Gr. Koxiovri,Skr. kakshas (girth, joint; arm-pit), O.H.G. hahsa (the bend of theknee). These words are referred by Fick to a base kaksd fromthe root kak (to bend).