olass(i)ë

noun. foliage, collection of leaves

A noun for “foliage” appearing as either olassië or olassë, a combination of o- “together” and lassë “leaf” (Let/282; PE17/56, 84).

Cognates

• S. golas “foliage, collection of leaves” ✧ Let/282; PE17/084

Derivations

• ✶gwa-lassiē “foliage” ✧ Let/282; PE17/084

Element in

• Q. Laicolassë “Green-foliage” ✧ PE17/056

Elements

Word	Gloss
o-	“together”
lassë	“leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal”
-ië	“abstract noun, adverb”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶gwa-lassa/gwa-lassiē > olassiē	[gwalassiē] > [gwolassiē] > [ɣwolassiē] > [ɣolassiē] > [olassiē] > [olassie]	✧ Let/282
✶walass(s) > olassie	[walassiē] > [wolassiē] > [olassiē] > [olassie]	✧ PE17/084

Variations

• olassiē ✧ Let/282
• olasse ✧ PE17/056
• olassie ✧ PE17/084

farnë

foliage

farnë (1) noun "foliage", archaic faznë (VT46:9). Not to be confused with farnë as the pa.t. of the verb farya-, q.v.