Am 07.02.2020 um 16:20 schrieb SuStel:

Norse words /vinda/ ("to wind") and /ass/ ("pole, beam"). I can't think
of anything other than a *tlhegh* that can be wound around a beam to
lift or lower something. Did you have something in particular in mind?

I'm sure that {mIr jIrmoHwI'} would work as well, if there's a ship's
anchor attached.

But my question was more how to translate {jIrmoHwI'} by itself, as a
standalone word.

I would consider a mIr a kind of tlhegh in the right contexts. I don't think tlhegh necessarily refers only to long twisted or braided strands.

Perhaps jIrmoHwI' could be translated winch.

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