Lemizh / English dictionary
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zdàs.
self-transporting: to sit down, perfect: to sit somewhere-dat etc.;
acc, perfect: to float, to be afloat in water etc.-nom (or agentive caus)
zdòrs. a seat
zdasgwìlt. to be capable of floating
Etymology
poststem from perfect of
< NLem, LMLem, MLem zd‑a
< OLem zd‑ ‘sit’
< PLem *zd‑, root aorist of
< PIE *sed‑ ‘sit down’
The secondary meaning ‘float’ was generalised from the earlier development of nenà. ‘run’ > also ‘float quickly’.
Cognates
Eng sit, Lat sedeō ‘sit’