Lemizh / English dictionary

fkrà.

to shoot arrows at something-dat, to do archery

fkrè. archer (also the constellation Sagittarius; see appendix, Constellations)
fkrÌ. arrow
fkrù. bow

Etymology

< NLem fkur‑a ‘shoot arrows’
< LMLem pkùr‑a
< MLem pkueru‑a
< OLem pkueru‑ ‘arrow’
< PLem *pk‑ueru‑, contraction, compound of
  PLem *pk‑ ‘reach (out)’, sk̑-present of
< PIE *peth₂‑ ‘spread (one’s wings), fly (up)’
 —and—
  PLem *gweru‑ ‘skewer, spear’
< PIE *gʷéru

The PLem word for an arrow is literally ‘[far] reaching spear’.

Cognates

Eng feather; Ir bior ‘spike, tip’