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Qenya 

nornea

adjective. *of oak

An adjectival form of ᴹQ. norno appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as an element in ᴹQ. lindornea “having many oak-trees” (Ety/DÓRON). Here the ancient initial d- was preserved in the compound, but would have become n- as an independent word.

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. nornea “of oak” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as an adjectival form of ᴱQ. norne “oak-tree” (QL/67).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DORON “oak” ✧ Ety/DÓRON

Element in

  • ᴹQ. lindornea “having many oaks” ✧ Ety/DÓRON

Elements

WordGloss
norno“oak”
-a“adjectival suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DÓRON > dornea[dornea] > [nornea]✧ Ety/DÓRON