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pevrà.

to make larks

Usage notes

The lark has been used as a metaphor for early wakers since Early New Lemizh, especially for those with a purposeful or persuasive air about them. See also mÌsw. ‘owl’.

Etymology

< NLem pevr‑a
< LMLem pèqur‑yr
< MLem peequr‑yr
< OLem pēthur‑
< PLem *pēthor‑
< PIE *péi̯h₂‑tor‑s ‘singer’, event agent of
PIE *pei̯h₂‑ ‘sing’

Poststem formation was inhibited by the word pàv..

doublet of pà.

Cognates

OCS pojǫ ‘sing’