Lemizh / English dictionary
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màpx.
self-receiving: to understand something-acc
Etymology
< NLem umpx‑a
< LMLem, MLem umpk‑a
< OLem umpk‑
< PLem *umpk‑, sk̑-present of
< PIE *u̯ebʰ‑ ‘weave, wrap around’
The meaning probably comes from a metaphor on the lines of ‘wrap one’s head around something’.
Cognates
Eng weave, Gk ὑφαίνω ‘weave’