bereth

noun. feast, festival

Changes

• mereth → bereth “festive” ✧ Ety/MBER

Cognates

• ᴹQ. meren(de) “feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER

Derivations

• ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive” ✧ Ety/MBER; Ety/MBER

Element in

• N. Mereth Aderthad “Feast of (Games and) Reuniting” ✧ Ety/MBER

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MBER > bereth	[mberette] > [mberettʰe] > [mbereθθe] > [bereθθe] > [bereθθ] > [bereθ]	✧ Ety/MBER
ᴹ√MER > mereth	[merette] > [merettʰe] > [mereθθe] > [mereθθ] > [mereθ]	✧ Ety/MBER

Variations

• bereth ✧ Ety/MBER
• mereth ✧ Ety/MBER (mereth)

bereth

noun. queen

Derivations

• ᴹ√BARATH “*queen” ✧ Ety/BARATH
  • ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BARATH

Element in

• N. Berethil
• N. Elbereth “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star Queen” ✧ Ety/BARATH; Ety/EL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√BARATH > bereth	[baratʰi] > [baraθi] > [bereθi] > [bereiθ] > [bereθ]	✧ Ety/BARATH

Variations

• bereth ✧ Ety/BARATH; Ety/EL

bereth

noun. queen, spouse

mereth

noun. feast, festival

The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)

brethil

noun. beech

Changes

• brethil → brethel ✧ Ety/NEL

Cognates

• ᴹT. bredele “beech-tree” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH

Derivations

• ᴹ√BERETH “beech” ✧ Ety/NEL; Ety/PHER

Element in

• N. Brethil ✧ Ety/NEL
• N. Brethilian(d) “Forest of Brethil” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH
• N. Nimbrethil

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√BERÉTH > brethel	[berétʰele] > [bretʰel] > [breθele] > [breθel]	✧ Ety/NEL
ᴹ√BERÉTH > brethil	[berétʰelī] > [bretʰelī] > [bretʰeli] > [breθeli] > [breθili] > [breθil]	✧ Ety/NEL

Variations

• brethel ✧ Ety/NEL

brethel

noun. beech

brethel

noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch

fêr

noun. beech-tree

meren

adjective. festive, gay, joyous

The word was changed to beren in the Etymologies, but meren would be restored together with mereth

rhîs

noun. queen

rhîs

noun. queen

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ Ety/RIG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√RIG > rhîs	[rigisse] > [riɣisse] > [riɣiss] > [r̥iɣiss] > [r̥īss] > [r̥īs]	✧ Ety/RIG