Qenya
helke
noun. ice
Cognates
- N. heleg “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHELEK “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL
Element in
- ᴹQ. helkelimbe “*icicle, (lit.) ice-drop”
- ᴺQ. helquir “ice cream”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHELEK > helke [kʰeleke] > [kʰelke] > [xelke] > [helke] ✧ Ety/KHEL
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “ice” derived from the root ᴹ√KHELEK of the same meaning (Ety/KHELEK).
Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. helke “ice” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√HELE (QL/39).