Lemizh / English dictionary
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ksfelà.
to measure time
ksfelù. clock, watch
Etymology
< NLem ksfel‑a
< LMLem ksefel‑ar ‘sundial’
< MLem ksef‑el‑ar ‘sundial’, lit. ‘that which throws a narrow shadow’, agent noun, diminutive of
MLem ksef‑yr ‘shadow, shade’
< OLem ksef‑
< PLem *ksef‑
< PIE *kʷsép‑s ‘night’
doublet of ksàf.
Cognates
Ved kṣáp ‘night, darkness’