On Numerals as Signs of Primeval Unity Among MankindTrübner & Company, 1873 - 94 pages |
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... word for hand ' , but from a word for ' star ' - parallels to this word in all parts of the globe Conclusion - · 83 - 94 ON NUMERALS AS SIGNS OF PRIMEVAL UNITY . SIMILARITY in CONTENTS . iii.
... word for hand ' , but from a word for ' star ' - parallels to this word in all parts of the globe Conclusion - · 83 - 94 ON NUMERALS AS SIGNS OF PRIMEVAL UNITY . SIMILARITY in CONTENTS . iii.
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... words for ' hand ' and ' finger ' , or some- times ' foot ' and ' toe ' ; a mode of numeration which would hardly be consciously adopted or employed by a nation which had made much progress in civilisation . " Alle zahl- wörter " , says ...
... words for ' hand ' and ' finger ' , or some- times ' foot ' and ' toe ' ; a mode of numeration which would hardly be consciously adopted or employed by a nation which had made much progress in civilisation . " Alle zahl- wörter " , says ...
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... words in question , and thus to imply , at least probably , though not certainly , a common origin for the nations which employ them . Thus the relationship which unites what are called the Semitic languages and the Semitic nations is ...
... words in question , and thus to imply , at least probably , though not certainly , a common origin for the nations which employ them . Thus the relationship which unites what are called the Semitic languages and the Semitic nations is ...
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... words for hand ' and ' finger ' , or some- times ' foot ' and ' toe ' ; a mode of numeration which would hardly be consciously adopted or employed by a nation which had made much progress in civilisation . " Alle zahl- wörter " , says ...
... words for hand ' and ' finger ' , or some- times ' foot ' and ' toe ' ; a mode of numeration which would hardly be consciously adopted or employed by a nation which had made much progress in civilisation . " Alle zahl- wörter " , says ...
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... words used at a particular epoch in the region of the world where those mountains lie . This , at least , is a natural inference , and the evidence supplied by the Aryan decade will be found in favour of such a supposi- tion . For Aryan ...
... words used at a particular epoch in the region of the world where those mountains lie . This , at least , is a natural inference , and the evidence supplied by the Aryan decade will be found in favour of such a supposi- tion . For Aryan ...
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