Lemizh / English dictionary

dwnàt.

to hit something-dat; to smash, shatter something-dat into something-acc [e.g. shards] by hitting it;
dat: to be hit; to shatter into something-acc

Usage notes

The ‘destroying’ meanings are distinguished from the ‘hitting’ one by the acc object or – often simpler – by instead using nominal verbs such as skràp. ‘split, turn into parts’, skàqk. ‘turn into shards’, etc.

Etymology

< NLem, LMLem, MLem dwant‑a ‘shatter’
< OLem dwant‑
< PLem *dwans‑ ‘crumble’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *dʰu̯ens‑ ‘crumble, dissipate’

Cognates

Ved dhváṁsate ‘crumbles, dissipates’, arguably Eng dust