Lemizh / English dictionary

gwàb.

to make healthy, to heal someone-dat

gwùb. remedy (medicine/appliance/treatment against a disease)

Etymology

< NLem gwibl‑a
< LMLem gwìbl‑a ‘be healthy’
< MLem gwiiblu‑a ‘be well, healthy, in good shape’
< OLem gwī‑blu‑, compound of
  OLem gwī‑ ‘live’
< PLem *gwī‑, root present of
< PIE *gʷi̯eh₃‑
 —and—
  OLem blu‑ ‘strong’
< PLem *blu‑, u-stem adjective of
< PIE *bel‑

Cognates

Lat vīvō ‘live’; Gk βελτίων ‘better’