lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and 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’