Lemizh / English dictionary
782 lemmata in dictionary – view complete dictionary on one page (slow!) – multilingual dictionary
flàc.
to make blue, to blue
flàRc. ‘blue hour’, especially regarding the colours, sounds and smells associated with it
flicvnè. caesium (symbol: Γλ) (⇐ vnè flìce. ‘making fire blue’)
Etymology
< NLem flOr‑a
< LMLem, MLem fler‑yr
< OLem fler‑
< PLem *pfler‑ ‘grey, blue(?)’, r-stem adjective of
< PIE *bʰleh₁‑ ‘shine, flash’
Most basic colour terms in Lemizh are r-stem Caland adjectives, perhaps motivated by the word for ‘red’. The similarity with Eng flash is purely incidental.
Cognates
Eng blue, Lat flāvus ‘yellow’