Lemizh / English dictionary
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wràf.
to make brown, to brown, to tan
wrìlf. a tan
wryfnÌs. bromine (symbol: Κ)
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem war‑a
< LMLem, MLem war‑yr
< OLem war‑ ‘glossy brown’
< PLem *bwar‑ ‘shiny, glossy’, r-stem adjective of
< PIE *bʰeh₂‑ ‘shine’
Gender change avoided homonymy with wrà. ‘carry, bear’, and is in line with the fact that nearly all basic colour terms are have a ‘male’ poststem (with the notable exception of orange).
Most basic colour terms in Lemizh are r-stem Caland adjectives, perhaps motivated by the word for ‘red’.
Cognates
Gk φαίνω ‘show, bring to light’, Ger bohnern ‘polish’