Lemizh / English dictionary
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ehwà.
to make unicorns
Etymology
< NLem ehw‑a ‘horse’
< LMLem, MLem ehw‑yr
< OLem heshw‑
< PLem *heshw‑
< PIE *h₁ék̑u̯‑os
This word replaced the bahuvrihi NLem karxn‑r‑U lit. ‘one-horn’; the regular ModLem outcome would have been homophonic with kÌcx. ‘horn’.
Cognates
Lat equus ‘horse’, Gk ἵππος ‘horse’