An archaic noun for “gore” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶meχse via the vocalization of the spirant χ before s: eχ > ei > ai (GL/56). It is clearly related to the early root ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon that was likewise the basis for “gore” words (QL/60).
Gnomish
mechor
noun. gore
Cognates
- Eq. mear “gore, blood” ✧ LT1A/Meássë
Derivations
- ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽” ✧ LT1A/Meássë
mais
noun. gore
Cognates
- Eq. mear “gore, blood”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶meχse > mais [mexse] > [mexs] > [meis] > [mais] ✧ GL/56
A noun appearing as G. mechor “gore” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/56), clearly related to the early root ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon that was likewise the basis for “gore” words (QL/60).
Neo-Sindarin: I would retain this word as ᴺS. mechor “gore” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√MEKH of similar meaning, from primitive ✱mekhār or ✱mekhrē.