Lemizh / English dictionary

blàdj.

to announce something-acc to someone-dat

Etymology

< NLem, LMLem, MLem blUrdz‑a ‘shout, curse’
< OLem blürdz‑
< PLem *blu‑wardz‑ ‘strong word, swear word’, compound of
  PLem *blu‑ ‘strong’, u-stem adjective of
< PIE *bel‑
 —and—
  PLem *wardz‑ ‘word’
< PIE *u̯r̥dʰ‑ós

Cognates

Gk βελτίων ‘better’; Eng word