Lemizh / English dictionary
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ràst.
dat: to win something-acc from/against someone-nom
Usage notes
While this verb only meant achieving a victory in Late Middle Lemizh, it now also expresses getting a reward or price, as in English and many other languages.
Etymology
< NLem remst‑a
< LMLem rè‑mizt‑yr, clarifying compound of
LMLem rè‑a
< MLem ree‑a ‘urge, force’
< OLem hrē‑ ‘ask’
< PLem *hrē‑, Narten present of
< PIE *h₁reh₁‑
—and—
LMLem, MLem mizt‑yr ‘reward’
< OLem mizt‑
< PLem *mizt‑
< PIE *misdʰh₁‑ós ‘reward, wages’
Cognates
Gk ἐρέω ‘ask’; Gk μισθός ‘reward, wages, pay’