certh

noun. rune

certh

noun. rune

Cognates

• Q. certa “rune” ✧ LotR/1117; LotRI/Certar; PE17/122; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth; PE22/149; PE22/150

Derivations

• √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” ✧ PE22/150
• ✶kirtē “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Derivatives

• Q. certa “rune” ✧ WJ/396

Element in

• S. certhas “runes-rows, runic alphabet” ✧ LotR/1123
• S. i Cirdh Daeron “*the Runes of Daeron” ✧ NM/164

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KER > cirth	[kertī] > [kerti] > [kertʰi] > [kerθi] > [kirθi] > [kirθ]	✧ PE22/150
✶kirtē > certh	[kirtē] > [kirte] > [kirta] > [kirtʰa] > [kirθa] > [kerθa] > [kerθ]	✧ WJ/396

Variations

• Certh ✧ WJI/Cirth

certh

rune

certh (i gerth, o cherth), pl. cirth (i chirth). RUNE-ROW (collection of runes) certhas (i gerthas, o cherthas), pl. certhais (i cherthais). LONG RUNE-ROW (a certain system of runes) Angerthas (and + certhas).

certh

rune

(i gerth, o cherth), pl. cirth (i chirth).

certh

Certh

Old Sindarin *kirta, root KIR "cut"

certhas

rune-row

(i gerthas, o cherthas), pl. certhais (i cherthais).

angerthas

long rune-row

(and + certhas).