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Have no faith in those who etymologize on the strength of sounds, and not on that of letters, and of letters, moreover, dealt with according to fixed and recognized laws of equivalence and permutation. Much, as was said so well, is true, which does not seem probable. There is in fact no connexion between them. Between 'vulgus' and 'volk' there is as little. These also are in no way related.
Il ne se met pas en peine des chemins par ou un mot hebreu ou carthaginois aurait pu passer pour venir s'etablir en France. Il y est, le voila, suffit! L'identite ne peut etre mise en question devant la ressemblance, et souvent Dieu sait quelle ressemblance! All experience, indeed, proves how perilous it is to etymologize at random, and on the strength of mere surface similarities of sound.
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