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Doriathrin

cwess

noun. down (feathers)

A noun meaning “down (feathers)” derived from primitive ᴹ✶kwessē (Ety/KWES) when the primitive final vowel was lost.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qesse “feather” ✧ Ety/KWES

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kwessē “feather” ✧ Ety/KWES
    • ᴹ√KWES “*feather” ✧ Ety/KWES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶kwessē > cwess[kwessē] > [kwesse] > [kwess]✧ Ety/KWES
Doriathrin [Ety/KWES] Group: Eldamo. Published by