peccuvo

noun. nut-hider, squirrel

peccuvo

noun. squirrel, (lit.) nut-hider

A word for “squirrel” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, literally meaning “nut-hider” (PE22/155), hence a combination of (otherwise unattested) ✱pecco “nut” and cuvo “hider”.

Cognates

• ᴺS. pechof “squirrel”
• ᴺS. pegof “squirrel”

Element in

• ᴺQ. rimpeccuvo “chipmunk”

Variations

• pekkuvo ✧ PE22/155

rasillo

noun. squirrel

A word for “squirrel” in notes from 1968-69 based on the root √RATH “climb” (NM/363).

Derivations

• √RATH “climb (with hands and feet, as in a tree or up a rocky slope)” ✧ NM/363

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√RATH > raþillo > rasillo	[raθillo] > [rasillo]	✧ NM/363

pechof

noun. squirrel

A neologism for “squirrel” based on Q. peccuvo. The word was originally given as ᴺS. pegof by Aleksandr Zapragajev in the VQP (VQP), but Lokyt pointed out the form should be ᴺS. pechof in a Discord chat in 2021-06-04, because kk became ch in Sindarin. Matt Dinse proposed this same variant pechof in VQP itself.

Cognates

• Q. peccuvo “squirrel, (lit.) nut-hider”

pegof

noun. squirrel

Cognates

• Q. peccuvo “squirrel, (lit.) nut-hider”