Lemizh / English dictionary
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loxwàc.
to make/build churches, monotheistic temples
Etymology
poststem from singular of
< NLem loxw‑a ‘temple’
< LMLem, MLem loxw‑yr
< OLem lohw‑
< PLem *lohw‑
< PIE *lóku‑s ‘pond, pool’
Some of the oldest Lemizh temples were dedicated to a lake goddess and built near lakes, hence the semantic development by metonymy.
Cognates
Gae loch ‘lake, fjord’, Lat lacus ‘lake’; unrelated to Eng lake