Lemizh / English dictionary
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jsàj.
to imprison, jail someone-dat
jsòrj. prison, jail
Etymology
< NLem jsoj‑a ‘island > jail’
< LMLem xafxòj‑yr ‘island’
< MLem xafxouj‑yr
< OLem xaf‑xouj‑ ‘wetland, island’, compound of
OLem xaf‑ ‘water, stream’
< PLem *xaf‑ ‘water’ [animate], ‘stream’
< PIE *h₂ép‑s
—and—
OLem xouj‑ ‘pasture’
< PLem *xowj‑
< PIE *h₂óu̯i‑s ‘sheep’
Cognates
Ved ā́p ‘water’; Eng ewe