Qenya
etsir
noun. mouth of a river, mouth of a river, *(lit.) outflow
Cognates
- N. ethir “mouth of a river” ✧ Ety/ET
Derivations
- ᴹ✶etsiri “mouth of a river” ✧ Ety/ET
Elements
Word Gloss et “out of” sir- “to flow” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶etsiri > etsir [etsire] > [etsir] ✧ Ety/ET
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “mouth of a river”, a combination of ᴹQ. et “out” and ᴹQ. sir- “flow” (Ety/ET). Its Noldorin cognate N. ethir reappeared as S. ethir “outflow” in later writings (RC/350).