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Early Quenya

liske

noun. sedge, reeds

Cognates

  • G. lisg “reed, sedge” ✧ LT2A/Arlisgion; PE15/28; QL/055

Element in

Variations

  • liskë ✧ LT2A/Arlisgion; LT2A/Arlisgion
  • LISKE ✧ QL/055
Early Quenya [LT2A/Arlisgion; PE15/28; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fen

noun. reed

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “reed” under the early root ᴱ√FEŊE (QL/38). It appeared as its stem form feng- “reed” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as a cognate of G. feng “(war) arrow” (GL/34).

Cognates

  • G. feng “arrow, war arrow” ✧ GL/34

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FEŊE “*cut” ✧ QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FEŊE > fen[ɸeŋg] > [feŋg] > [fen]✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [GL/34; QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by