Lemizh / English dictionary
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splàj.
to make shores
Etymology
< NLem spolj‑a
< LMLem, MLem tpolj‑yr ‘barrier’
< OLem tpolhj‑ ‘fence’
< PLem *tpolhj‑
< PIE *tpólh₁i‑s ‘fortification’
doublet of gzlàs.
Cognates
Eng police (via Gk πόλις ‘city’)