Lemizh / English dictionary
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tUxà.
to happen by chance
tUxà., tUxàl. chance, luck
Etymology
< NLem tUx‑a
< LMLem tÙx‑yr
< Koi Τύχ‑η ‘Tyche (the Goddess of luck)’
< SHell *túkh‑ā ‘luck, fortune’, nominalisation, zero-grade root stative of
< PIE *dʰeu̯gʰ‑ ‘hit, produce something useful’
Cognates
Ger tüchtig ‘capable, efficient’, Ved duhé ‘give milk’