Lemizh / English dictionary
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dwàw.
to make bottles
Etymology
< NLem dwOwr‑a
< LMLem dwÒ‑wer‑yr ‘amphora, bottle’, nominalisation, compound of
LMLem dwÒ‑yl ‘two’
< MLem dwOO‑yl
< OLem dwö‑, inflected form of
< PLem *dwō
< PIE *du̯óh₁
—and—
LMLem, MLem wer‑a ‘carry, bear’
< OLem wer‑
< PLem *bwer‑, Narten present of
< PIE *bʰer‑
This is a LMLem calque from Koi ἀμφορεύς ‘amphora’.
Cognates
Eng two; Eng bear ‘carry’