Lemizh / English dictionary
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xàd.
to make hares (also the constellation Lepus; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem xOdn‑a
< LMLem xÒdrn‑yr
< MLem xOUdrnu‑yr
< OLem xöüdrnu‑
< PLem *xōw‑drnu‑, compound of
PLem *xōw‑ ‘ear’
< PIE *h₂ṓu̯s
—and—
PLem *drnu‑ ‘run’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *dreu̯‑
The PLem compound apparently means something like ‘[long-]eared runner’.
Cognates
Eng ear; Ved drávati ‘runs’