Lemizh / English dictionary

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xklàj.

to make soap

Etymology

< NLem xklon‑a
< LMLem xilkòn‑yr
< Koi ἱλκόν‑ον
< SHell *silkón‑on
< OLem thilpkon‑
< PLem *selp‑kon‑ ‘cleaning paste’, compound of
PLem *selp‑ ‘oil, fat’
< PIE *sélp‑s
—and—
PLem *kon‑ ‘dust, ashes’
< PIE *kón‑os

Cognates

Eng salve; Eng in‑cinerate (via Lat cinis ‘ashes’)