Lemizh / English dictionary
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dwjàw.
to make twins (also the constellation Gemini; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem dwjem‑a
< LMLem dwijèm‑yr
< MLem dwijeem‑yr
< OLem dwijēm‑
< PLem *dwi‑jēm‑, clarifying compound of
PLem *dwi‑ ‘two-’
< PIE *du̯i‑, prefix form of
PIE *du̯óh₁ ‘two’
—and—
PLem *jēm‑ ‘twin’
< PIE *i̯émh₂‑os
Cognates
Eng two; Lat geminī ‘twins’