Lemizh / English dictionary
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swmilà.
to make moths (also the constellation roughly corresponding to Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem swmil‑a
< LMLem mineswel‑yr
< MLem minesw‑el‑yr, diminutive of
MLem minesw‑yr ‘owl’
< OLem minesw‑ ‘Goddess of wisdom’
< PLem *menesw‑
< PIE *men‑ésu̯‑eh₂, nominalisation of
PIE *men‑ ‘think’
doublet of manwà., màjw., màsw. and minà.
Cognates
Gk μνάομαι ‘remember’, Lat Minerva