Lemizh / English dictionary

khwàc.

to be / act as a rogue, to behave in a rogue way, to be a rascal

Etymology

< NLem kxwar‑n‑a ‘unreliable, reckless, devil-may-care’, compound of
  NLem kxwar‑a ‘faeces’
< LMLem, MLem kuxwar‑yr
< OLem kuhwar‑
< PLem *kohwar‑
< PIE *k̑ókʷr̥
 —and—
  NLem, LMLem n‑a ‘not’
< MLem ne‑a
< OLem ne‑, inflected form of
< PLem *ne
< PIE *ne ‘no, not’

The compound is probably based on the idea of someone ‘not giving a shit’.

doublet of khwà.

Cognates

Gk κόπρος ‘dung, filth, dirt’; Eng no