Lemizh / English dictionary
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làj.
to make/build houses
— lynjè bÌnje. house and garden, one’s immovable property
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem lingj‑a
< OLem lingj‑
< PLem *lingj‑ ‘house, hive’, back formation of
PLem *melidhlingj‑ ‘beehive’
< PIE *melidlíg̑ʰ‑i‑eh₂ ‘bee’, nominalisation of
PIE *mélid‑lei̯g̑ʰ‑ ‘lick honey’, compound of
PIE *mélid ‘honey’
—and—
PIE *lei̯g̑ʰ‑ ‘lick’
doublet of melàs.
Cognates
Eng lick, Gk λείχω ‘lick’