Lemizh / English dictionary
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dmàd.
to make islands
Etymology
< NLem dmyd‑a ‘private, secluded space > island’
< LMLem domàti‑yr ‘room, chamber’
< Koi δωμάτι‑ον, diminutive of
Koi δῶμα ‘house’, rebuilt as μα-stem of
< SHell *dõ
< PIE *dómh₂‑s, root noun of
PIE *demh₂‑ ‘build’
doublet of dmàk.
The modern meaning was originally sailors’ jargon until it came into wider use in the last centuries. The older word for an island is NLem jsoj‑a. (See also jsàj. and stràz..)
Cognates
Eng dome (via Lat domus ‘house’)