Lemizh / English dictionary
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dàv.
to make yellow, to yellow
dyvnÌs. chlorine (symbol: Χ)
Etymology
< NLem devr‑a
< LMLem dèqur‑yr ‘shiny, yellow’
< MLem deequr‑yr
< OLem dēthur‑
< PLem *dēthor‑ ‘light-giver’
< PIE *déi̯h₂‑tor‑s, event agent of
PIE *dei̯h₂‑ ‘light up’
Old Lemizh ‘shiny, yellow [one]’ is a metonymy of the earlier meaning ‘light-giver’.
Cognates
Gk δέατο ‘it seemed, appeared’, Ved dīdā́ya ‘shines’