Lemizh / English dictionary

Onkràt.

to make the god or the planet Mercury/Hermes (symbol: Á)

Usage notes

See djeipysràd. for some information on Lemizh polytheism, and àxk. for the weekday associated with this god.

Etymology

< NLem Onkyrt‑a, academic loan of
< OLem hönkyrt‑ ‘Lone Runner (the God of trade)’
< PLem *hōn‑kars‑, compound of
  PLem *hōn‑ ‘single, alone’
< PIE *h₁ói̯‑n‑os ‘one, single’, adjectival form of
  PIE *h₁ei̯ ‘he, she, it’
 —and—
  PLem *kars‑ ‘run’, root present of
< PIE *k̑ers‑

The sound shift from stem-final *s to t in OLem is unexplained; this development is only expected in verbs and adjectives, not in nouns.

Cognates

Eng one; Gk Ἐπί‑κουρος (Epicurus) ‘ally’ (lit. ‘one running with [someone]’), Lat currō ‘run’