Lemizh / English dictionary
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màg.
to make shipyards, space docks
mUgÌkh. (clarifying compound used by landlubbers) shipyard, space dock
Etymology
< NLem meg‑a
< LMLem napègi‑yr
< Koi ναυ‑πήγι‑ον, nominalisation, compound of
Koi ναῦ‑ς ‘ship’
< SHell *snaũ‑s ‘boat’
< PIE *snéh₂‑u‑s, u-stem noun of
PIE *sneh₂‑ ‘swim, bathe’
—and—
Koi πηγνυ‑μι ‘fasten, stiffen, build’
< SHell *pāgnu‑mi, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *peh₂g̑‑ ‘stiffen, become solid’
Cognates
Eng navy (via Lat nāvis ‘ship’); Eng fang, Lat pangō ‘fasten’