lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

Lemizh / English dictionary


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zdnàk.

to make lice

Etymology

NLem zgank‑a
LMLem, MLem zgdank‑yr ‘bug, vermin’
OLem zgdank‑
PLem *zgdanx‑ ‘scatter’, nasal-infix present of
PIE *skedh₂‑ ‘splinter, scatter’

This word replaced le‑a – cognate with Eng louse – as the word for lice during a prolonged epidemic in NLem times.

doublet of skàqk.

Cognates

Gk σκίδνημι ‘disperse’, Lit kedù ‘burst’