Lemizh / English dictionary

zmàsk.

to make sharks (also the constellation in the region of Phoenix and Tucana; see appendix, Constellations)

Etymology

< NLem zmisk‑a
< LMLem fxurmpèsk‑yr ‘(white?) shark’
< MLem fxurmpeesk‑yr
< OLem fxurm‑pēsk‑, compound of
  OLem fxurm‑ ‘dragon’
< PLem *fxurm‑, of unknown origin; related to PIE *u̯ŕ̥mi‑s ‘worm’?
 —and—
  OLem pēsk‑ ‘fish’
< PLem *pēsk‑
< PIE *péi̯sk̑‑os

Cognates

Eng fish