He was slightly acquainted with that language.

What will you say if I tell you that these words are still more like Hebrew ?" "Hebrew!" exclaimed the doctor, in amazement.
"Yes, Hebrew," said Oxenden.

"They are all very much like Hebrew words, and the difference is not greater than that which exists between the words of any two languages of the Aryan family." "Oh, if you come to philology I'll throw up the sponge," said the doctor.

"Yet I should like to hear what you have to say on that point." "The languages of the Aryan family," said Oxenden, "have the same general characteristics, and in all of them the differences that exist in their most common words are subject to the action of a regular law.
The action of the law is best seen in the changes which take place in the mutes.

These changes are indicated in a summary and comprehensive way by means of what is called 'Grimm's Law.' Take Latin and English, for instance.