Early Quenya
isse
noun. knowledge, lore
Cognates
- G. ais “knowledge, wisdom”
Derivations
- ᴱ√ISI “*know” ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa; QL/043
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ISI¹ > isse [issē] > [isse] ✧ QL/043 Variations
- issë ✧ LT2A/Eldarissa
is
noun. light snow
Cognates
- G. ith “fine snow” ✧ LT1A/Isil; PE13/104
Derivations
- ᴱ√IÞI “*(light) snow” ✧ LT1A/Isil; QL/043
Element in
- Eq. Issemindon ✧ PE13/104
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ISI² > is [ist] > [is] ✧ QL/043 Variations
- Isse ✧ PE13/104 (Isse)
tu
pronoun. he
Changes
tu→ hu “he” ✧ PE14/078Element in
- Eq. tára·kasse Taniqetildo, tára·kasisse hu·sórie “on the high top of Taniqetil, on the high peaks he sat” ✧ PE14/046
Variations
tu✧ PE14/046; PE14/079 (tu)
An noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “light snow” with stem form iss- and derived from the early root ᴱ√ISI [IÞI] (QL/43).