The Abbe Brasseur (de Bourbourg), on the other hand, derives the latter from the Quiche _nawal_, intelligent, and adds the amazing information that this is identical with the English _know all_!! (_Hist.

du Mexique_, etc., i.p.

102).

For in his theory several languages of Central America are derived from the same old Indo-Germanic stock as the English, German, and cognate tongues.

Toltec, from _Toltecatl_, means inhabitant of Tollan, which latter may be from _tolin_, rush, and signify the place of rushes.