Lemizh / English dictionary
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bvyrgcà.
to make the goddess Proserpina/Persephone; to make the minor planet Vesta
Usage notes
See djeipysràd. for some information on Lemizh polytheism.
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem bwyrgjent‑a, academic loan of
< OLem bwyrgjent‑ ‘the High One (Goddess of spring)’
< PLem *bwargjent‑
< PIE *bʰr̥g̑ʰént‑ih₂ ‘the High One (Goddess of art)’, feminine of
PIE *bʰérg̑ʰ‑ont‑s ‘high’, nt-stem adjective of
PIE *bʰerg̑ʰ‑ ‘rise’
doublet of gonàtx.
Cognates
Eng Brigid (via Ir Brighid)