Lemizh / English dictionary
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màqk.
dat: can (have the opportunity to) do something-acc;
to give someone-dat the opportunity to do something-acc (see unit 13, Overview of the modals)
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem miqk‑a
< OLem mithk‑ ‘send someone on a quest, give someone an opportunity’
< PLem *mithx‑ ‘remote, far’, o-stem adjective of
< PIE *mei̯th₂‑ ‘change, remove’
Cognates
Lat mittō ‘send, release’, Ger meiden ‘avoid’