Lemizh / English dictionary
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qmàxz.
to make sand
Etymology
< NLem qemxz‑a ‘(grain of) sand’
< LMLem, MLem qemxz‑yr, with unexplained d-elision of
< OLem themxdz‑
< PLem *semxdz‑ ‘sand’
< PIE *sémh₂‑dʰ‑os, nominal derivation of
PIE *semh₂‑ ‘scoop up’
doublet of cmàk.
Cognates
Lit semiù ‘scoop’, Eng sand