Whiter Walter. Etymologicon Universale; or, Universal Etymological Dictionary: on a New Plan. Volume I

Cambridge: The University Press, 1822. — vi, 552 pages.In this book it is shown:
that consonants are alone to be regarded in discovering the affinities of words, and that the vowels are to be wholly rejected;
that languages contain the same fundamental idea, and that they are derived from the earth, and the operations, accidents, and properties, belonging to it.Illustrations were drawn from various languages:
The Teutonic Dialects: English Gothic, German, Danish, etc.
Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, etc.
The Celtic Dialects: Gallic, Irish, Welsh, Breton, etc.
Dialects of the Slavonic: Russian, etc.
The Eastern Languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Coptic etc.