Lemizh / English dictionary
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txatxàf.
to make mercury, quicksilver (symbol: Υ)
Etymology
< NLem tsatxaf‑a
< LMLem etstxaf‑yr
< MLem etst‑xaf‑yr, compound of
MLem etst‑yr ‘silver’
< Ghe etsᴛ‑ə̄ /ɛts̟t̠ɯː/
—and—
MLem xaf‑yr ‘water’
< OLem xaf‑ ‘water, stream’
< PLem *xaf‑ ‘water’ [animate], ‘stream’
< PIE *h₂ép‑s
Cognates
Ved ā́p ‘water’, Ir abhainn ‘river’