Lemizh / English dictionary
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làcw.
to help someone-dat with something-acc
Usage notes
Since at least Late Middle Lemizh times, the use of this verbs includes all kind of professional help, such as from paramedics, firefighters, etc.
Etymology
< NLem lorw‑a
< LMLem alòrw‑yl
< MLem al‑oerw‑yl ‘help’, lit. ‘foster for some amount of time, foster to some extent’, compound of
MLem al‑a ‘nourish, foster’
< OLem al‑
< PLem *al‑, root present of
< PIE *h₂el‑
—and—
MLem oerw‑yl ‘amount’
< Ghe oeᴛpʳ‑ə̄ /ɔ͜ɛr̠ʙɯː/
Cognates
Eng ad‑olescent (via Lat ad‑olēscō ‘grow up’)