Lemizh / English dictionary

nàzd.

to make birds

nymzdlÌb. flamingo (also the constellation in the region of Triangulum Australe, Pavo, Ara and Telescopium; see appendix, Constellations) (⇐ ⇔ nÌzd lÌbym. ‘a bird like a flower’)

Etymology

< NLem nezd‑a
< LMLem, MLem nezd‑yr
< OLem nizd‑ ‘nest’
< PLem *nizd‑
< PIE *nisd‑ós

The meaning ‘bird’ developed from MLem nezd‑ar, lit. ‘nest-builder’, which is attested in a few instances.

The word for ‘flamingo’ is a calque from Sikelian ραδαρν ‘rose-bird’.

Cognates

Eng nest, Lat nīdus ‘nest’