Lemizh / English dictionary
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droà.
to make Troyan
droàr. the country of Troy (modern endonym: ηλψσό /l̩pˈsu/) in Asia Minor
droUkrÌst. Turkish Delight (⇐ ⇔ droÌ krÌstU. ‘Troyan thing [beneficient] for the throat’)
Etymology
< NLem dro‑a
< LMLem drò‑yr
< MLem drou‑yr
< OTroy Τροι‑α /ˈdroia/, from an Anatolian word, ultimately
< PIE *trḗb‑s ‘dwelling’
The term for Turkish Delight is calqued from Ar رَاحَة الْحُلْقُوم ‘throat comfort’.
Cognates
Ger Dorf ‘village’, Eng place names such as Weaver‑thorpe, OIr treb ‘house, farm’