basgorn

noun. loaf (of bread)

basgorn

noun. loaf, loaf, [G.] loaf of bread, [ᴱN.] round loaf, cake

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “loaf”, combination of N. bast “bread” and N. corn “round” (Ety/MBAS).

Conceptual Development: The word G. basgorn appeared in Gnomish Grammar and Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the glosses “loaf” (GG/8), “a loaf” (GL/22), and “loaf of bread” (GL/26) as a combination of G. bast “bread” and G. corn “loaf”; in the last of these appearances its form was basgo(r)n indicating the r was optional. The word appeared as ᴱN. basgorn {“loaf” >>} “round loaf, cake” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/138).

Cognates

• Ilk. basgorn “round bread”
• ᴺQ. mastacornë “[bread] loaf”

Derivations

• ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead” ✧ Ety/MBAS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MBAS > basgorn	[bastgorn] > [basgorn]	✧ Ety/MBAS

corn

adjective. round, globed