A word for “spring” in the Declension of Nouns of the early 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. kelu- “flow” and ᴹQ. linde “pool” (PE21/10). ᴱQ. kelusindi “river (near its source)” = ᴱQ. kelu- + sindi from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s is similar in structure (QL/46).
Qenya
ehtele
noun. spring, issue of water
Cognates
- N. eithel “issue of water, spring, well, fountain” ✧ Ety/KEL
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ektele > ehtele [ektele] > [extele] ✧ Ety/KEL
kelure
noun. fountain
Elements
Word Gloss kelu- “to (begin to) flow, spring forth (of water)” -(á)re “general action verbal suffix”
kelulinde
noun. spring
A noun in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s glossed “fountain”, derived from the verb ᴹQ. kelu- “spring forth (of water)” and a suffix of general action: ᴹQ. -re (PE22/110).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is (archaic) ᴱQ. †kektele “fountain” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the roots ᴱ√KEKE “bubble up” and ᴱ√KELE “flow” (QL/46), also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/46).