Qenya
erke
noun. holly
Derivations
- ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ PE22/127
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√EREK > erke [erke] ✧ PE22/127
erkasse
noun. holly
Cognates
- N. ereg “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK
Derivations
- ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ Ety/ERÉK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ERÉK > erkasse [erkasse] ✧ Ety/ERÉK
A noun appearing as ᴹQ. erkasse “holly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√ERÉK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK). In a rejected page from the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. erke “holly” derived from the same root (PE22/127). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the (non-rejected) 1930s ercassë “holly”.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, Tolkien had ᴱQ. piosenna “holly”, a combination of ᴱQ. pio “berry” and ᴱQ. senna “red-brown” (QL/83; PME/83).