Lemizh / English dictionary
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kràxt.
to act/move nimbly, to make one’s actions-acc nimble
Etymology
< NLem kront‑a
< LMLem, MLem yrkant‑yr ‘crippled’
< OLem hyrkant‑
< PLem *harkans‑ ‘damage, harm’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *h₁rek̑s‑
The nasal-infix present was probably innovated in PLem as it is unlikely for a PIE root with this phonetic structure.
Cognates
Gk ἐρέχθω ‘rend, break’