Lemizh / English dictionary
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weRdà.
to make branches
Usage notes
At least since Late Middle Lemizh, poets have used this word for singing of green, richly leaved branches and the music the wind elicits from them.
Etymology
< NLem weRdo‑a
< LMLem wèRdò‑yr
< MLem weeRdou‑yr
< OLem wēgh‑dou‑, compound of
OLem wēgh‑ ‘a nut tree’
< PLem *bwāɦ‑ ‘beech’
< PIE *bʰeh₂g‑ós
—and—
OLem dou‑ ‘arm’
< PLem *dow‑
< PIE *dóu̯‑s
Cognates
Eng book, Gk φηγός ‘oak’; Ved dós ‘arm’