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Qenya 

fine

noun. larch

A word for “larch” [a type of pine tree] in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from ᴹ✶spinē under the root ᴹ√SPIN (Ety/SPIN).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. fine “larch” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/38), and it appeared again in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140).

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶spinē “larch” ✧ Ety/SPIN
    • ᴹ√SPIN “*hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶spinē > fine[spinē] > [ɸinē] > [ɸine] > [fine]✧ Ety/SPIN

tereva

adjective. fine, acute, fine, acute, *keen; [ᴱQ.] sharp, piercing, shrill [of sound]; acute (pain)

Cognates

  • N. trîw “fine, very slender” ✧ Ety/TER
  • Ilk. trêw “fine, slender” ✧ Ety/TER

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶terēwā “piercing, keen” ✧ Ety/TER
    • ᴹ√TER “pierce” ✧ Ety/TER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶terḗwā > tereva[terēwā] > [terewā] > [terewa] > [tereva]✧ Ety/TER

lokse

noun. hair, hair [in general]

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hair” derived from the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. laksa “tress” appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).

Cognates

  • N. lhaws “ringlet” ✧ Ety/LOKH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LOKH “*curl of hair” ✧ Ety/LOKH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LOKH > lokse[lokʰse] > [lokse]✧ Ety/LOKH