Lemizh / English dictionary
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pràg.
to make towers
prigtxeklÌw. ivory tower; also the constellation in the region of Ara, Triangulum Australe, Circinus and Musca (see appendix, Constellations) (⇐ ⇔ prÌg txeklÌwi.)
Etymology
< NLem pUrg‑a
< LMLem pÙrg‑yr
< Koi πύργ‑ος ‘tower, castle’
< SHell *púrg‑os, possibly (via Urartian or some other language)
< PIE *bʰerg̑ʰ‑ ‘rise’
possible doublet of wràgc.
Cognates
may be related to Ger Burg ‘castle, stronghold’