Lemizh / English dictionary
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jmàx.
to make ice, (of water or bodies of water) to freeze
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem jem‑a
< LMLem jèm‑yr
< MLem jeem‑yr
< OLem jēm‑
< PLem *gjēom‑
< PIE *g̑ʰéi̯om‑s ‘winter’
Gender change comes from the fact that ice is a form of water and thus (poetically) male; see also zmÌs. ‘hail’.
Cognates
Lat hiems ‘winter’, Cro zima ‘winter, frost’