[567]. Latham, ‘Descr. Eth.’ vol. i. p. 43; Lejean in ‘Rev. des Deux Mondes,’ 15 Feb. 1862, p. 856; Apollodor. iii. 8. Compare the derivation of Arequipa by the Peruvians from the words ari! quepay== ‘yes! remain,’ said to have been addressed to the colonists by the Inca: Markham, ‘Quichua Gr. and Dic.;’ also the supposed etymology of Dahome, Danh-ho-men== ‘on the belly of Danh,’ from the story of King Dako building his palace on the body of the conquered King Danh: Burton, in ‘Tr. Eth. Soc.’ vol. iii. p. 401.
[568]. Charnock, ‘Verba Nominalia,’ s.v. ‘chic;’ see Francisque-Michel, ‘Argot,’ s.v.
[569]. ‘Spectator,’ No. 147; Brand, ‘Pop. Ant.’ vol. iii. p. 93; Hotten, ‘Slang Dictionary,’ p. 3; Charnock, s.v. ‘cant.’ As to the real etymology, that from the beggar’s whining chaunt is defective, for the beggar drops this tone exactly when he cants, i.e., talks jargon with his fellows. If cant is directly from Latin cantare, it will correspond with Italian cantare and French chanter, both used as slang words for to speak (Francisque-Michel, ‘Argot’). A Keltic origin is more probable, Gaelic and Irish cainnt, caint == talk, language, dialect (see Wedgwood ‘Etymological Dictionary’). The Gaelic equivalents for pedlars’ French or tramps’ slang, are ‘Laidionn nan ceard,’ ‘cainnt cheard,’ i.e., tinkers’ Latin or jargon, or exactly ‘cairds’ cant.’ A deeper connexion between cainnt and cantare does not affect this.
[570]. See also Francisque-Michel, ‘Argot,’ s.v. ‘maccabe, macchabée’==noyé.
[571]. Musters, ‘Patagonians,’ pp. 69, 184.
[572]. Döhne, ‘Zulu Dic.’ p. 417; Arbousset and Daumas, p. 269; Waitz, vol. ii. pp. 349, 352.
[573]. Shortland, ‘Trads. of N. Z.’ p. 224.
[574]. On the adoption of imaginary ancestors as connected with the fiction of a common descent, and the important political and religious effects of these proceedings, see especially Grote, ‘History of Greece,’ vol. i.; McLennan, ‘Primitive Marriage;’ Maine, ‘Ancient Law.’ Interesting details on eponymic ancestors in Pott, ‘Anti-Kaulen, oder Mythische Vorstellungen vom Ursprnge der Völker and Sprachen.’
[575]. Martius, ‘Ethnog. Amer.’ vol. i. p. 54; see p. 283.
[576]. Macpherson, ‘India,’ p. 78.