Lemizh / English dictionary
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wàv.
to decide something-acc
Etymology
< NLem wevm‑a ‘disassemble, separate > decide’
< LMLem wèvmyn‑a ‘disembowel’
< MLem weevmyn‑a
< OLem wēdhmyn‑
< PLem *bwēdhman‑ ‘one who takes something apart?’
< PIE *bʰéi̯d‑mn̥ ‘thing split’, neuter abstract -mn̥-noun of
PIE *bʰei̯d‑ ‘split’
doublet of wnàd.
Cognates
Eng bite, fissure (via Lat findō ‘split’)