Noldorin
Eru
noun. waste, desert
eru
noun. waste, desert
Cognates
- ᴹQ. erume “desert” ✧ Ety/ERE
Derivations
- ᴹ√ER “be alone, deprived” ✧ Ety/ERE
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ERE > eru [erume] > [erume] > [erum] > [eruv] > [eru] ✧ Ety/ERE
min
cardinal. one
Cognates
- ᴹQ. min “one” ✧ Ety/MINI
Derivations
- ᴹ√MIN “stand alone, stick out” ✧ Ety/MINI
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MINI > min [mini] > [mine] > [min] ✧ Ety/MINI
min
fraction. one (first of a series)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “waste, desert”, the cognate of ᴹQ. erume and a derivative of the root ᴹ√ERE “be alone, deprived” (Ety/ERE).
Conceptual Development: N. eru is probably a later iteration of G. ermin “desert, waste” from Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s (PE13/113), itself replacing G. armin with the same gloss from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/20). These 1910s forms are probably derived from the early root ᴱ√ARA “be dry” (QL/32), with G. ermin the result of i-affection.