Lemizh / English dictionary
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gràws.
to make rats
Etymology
< NLem grOms‑a
< LMLem kurtrèmUs‑yr
< MLem kurtreemUs‑yr
< OLem kurtrē‑müs‑, compound of
OLem kurtrē‑ ‘war’
< PLem *kor‑trew‑ ‘war camp’, compound of
PLem *kor‑ ‘war’
< PIE *kór‑os
—and—
PLem *trew‑ ‘dwelling’
< PIE *tréb‑s
—and—
OLem müs‑ ‘mouse’
< PLem *mūs‑
< PIE *múh₂s
The OLem word, probably an epithet or a taboo avoidance term, literally means ‘war-mouse’.
Cognates
Ger Heer ‘army’; Eng mouse