lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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àxk.

djUtÌxk. Mercurian day, the Lemizh equivalent of Wednesday (symbol: Á; see appendix, Date)

Usage notes

The planet Mercury, as well as the god, is called OnkrÌt. in Modern Lemizh.

Etymology

NLem Onkr‑a
LMLem Ònkyrt‑ar ‘Lone Runner (the God of trade)’
MLem OOnkyrt‑ar
OLem hönkyrt‑
PLem *hōn‑kars‑, compound of
  PLem *hōn‑ ‘single, alone’
PIE *h₁ói̯‑n‑os ‘one, single’, adjectival form of
  PIE *h₁ei̯ ‘he, she, it’
 —and—
  PLem *kars‑ ‘run’, root present of
PIE *k̑ers‑

The sound shift from stem-final *s to t in OLem is unexplained; this development is only expected in verbs and adjectives, not in nouns.

Cognates

Eng one; Gk Ἐπί‑κουρος (Epicurus) ‘ally’ (lit. ‘one running with [someone]’), Lat currō ‘run’