certa
rune
certa
noun. rune
Cognates
- S. certh “rune” ✧ LotR/1117; LotRI/Certar; PE17/122; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth; PE22/149; PE22/150
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources S. certh > certa [cerþa] > [certa] ✧ WJ/396
Cirth
noun. Cirth
pl. n. >> angerthas
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
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).
certhas
rune-row
(i gerthas, o cherthas), pl. certhais (i cherthais).
angerthas
long rune-row
(and + certhas).
kirtē
noun. rune
Derivations
- √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”
Derivatives
certa noun "rune" (pl. certar given), adapted from Sindarin certh (a "true" or inherited Quenya form of primitive ¤kirtē would have been *cirtë, but this word did not occur). (WJ:396)