Lemizh / English dictionary
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vmlàv.
to make bears (also the constellation Ursa Major; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem vmlev‑a
< LMLem, MLem milivev‑yr
< OLem milidhhedh‑
< PLem *melidh‑hedh‑, compound of
PLem *melidh‑ ‘honey’
< PIE *mélid
—and—
PLem *hedh‑ ‘eat’, Narten present of
< PIE *h₁ed‑
The bear is named ‘honey-eater’ as in other Eastern European branches of Indo-European.
Cognates
Lat mel ‘honey’; Eng eat