faran

noun. any growing thing or plant

_ n. _any growing thing or plant. Q. farne/pharne. >> farn-

faran

noun. rowan, rowan, *ash

A Sindarin word for a “rowan” [a species of ash tree], cognate to Q. farnë and derivative of √PHAR(AN) (PE17/83), possibly a later iteration of N. †fêr “beech-tree” from the root ᴹ√PHER(EN) (Ety/PHER).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. soros “ash-tree” of unclear derivation (GL/68).

Cognates

• Q. farnë “ash, rowan, ️ash, rowan; [ᴹQ.] foliage” ✧ PE17/083; PE17/083

Derivations

• ✶pharne “any growing thing or plant” ✧ PE17/083
  • √PHAR(AN) “*rowan” ✧ PE17/083; PE17/083
• √PHAR(AN) “*rowan” ✧ PE17/083

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶pharan- > faran	[pʰaran] > [ɸaran] > [faran]	✧ PE17/083
√PHARAN > faran	[pʰaran] > [ɸaran] > [faran]	✧ PE17/083

farn-

noun. any growing thing or plant

_ n. _any growing thing or plant. Q. farne/pharne. >> faran