Lemizh / English dictionary

zrOnà.

to make mermaids (also a constellation in the region of Cassiopaia, Camelopardalis and Lynx; see appendix, Constellations)

zrOnyÌx. merman (also the constellations Aquarius and Equuleus)

Etymology

< NLem zrOn‑a
< LMLem serèn‑yr
< Koi Σειρήν ‘Siren’, agentive noun of
  Koi σειρ‑ά ‘cord, rope’, nominalisation of
  Koi εἴρ‑ω ‘link, bind together’
< SHell *héry‑ō, full-grade i̯e-present of
< PIE *ser‑

doublet of sràj. and sràc.

Cognates

Eng Siren, Lat serō ‘link, bind together’