Lemizh / English dictionary
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qkràdj.
to make artichokes (the vegetable) (also the constellation roughly corresponding to Vulpecula; see appendix, Constellations)
qkrèdj. artichoke plant
Etymology
< NLem qkerdz‑a, contraction of
< LMLem ev‑skerdz‑yr ‘artichoke, cardoon’, compound of
LMLem, MLem ev‑a ‘eat’
< OLem hedh‑
< PLem *hedh‑, Narten present of
< PIE *h₁ed‑
—and—
LMLem, MLem skerdz‑yr ‘prick, sting’
< OLem skerdz‑
< PLem *skerdz‑ ‘cut, sting (?)’, Narten present of
< PIE *skerdʰ‑
This word etymologically means ‘stinging food’.
Cognates
Eng eat; Lit skerdžiù ‘stab, slaughter’