cemenquasië

noun. earthquake

A neologism for created by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, a compound of cemen “earth” and quasië “shaking”. I prefer this over Helge Fauskanger’s neologism cempalië which he coined for the NQNT (NQNT), because Fauskanger’s used the 1920s verb ᴱQ. pal- for “to shake”, but I find this verb problematic because in later writings the meaning of the root √PAL changed to “wide (open)” (Ety/PAL; PE17/65; VT47/8). I think the 1910s verb ᴱQ. qasa- is a better choice for “shake”, as it does not conflict with later words.

Cognates

• ᴺS. cevemphast “earth quake”

Elements

Word	Gloss
cemen	“the earth; earth, the earth; earth, [ᴹQ.] soil”
quas-	“to shake, flap, nod, rustle”

cempalië

noun. earthquake

Elements

Word	Gloss
cemen	“the earth; earth, the earth; earth, [ᴹQ.] soil”
pal-	“to shake”