Quenya 

pequen

noun. comb

Derivations

Primitive elvish

pek(w)

root. comb

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. pehtë “cox-comb, *crest (of birds), plume”
  • ᴺQ. pequ- “to comb, card wool, tease”
  • ᴺQ. pequen “comb”

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Early Quenya

peqen

noun. comb

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. peqen “comb” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PEQE (QL/73).

Neo-Quenya: I think it is worth retaining ᴺQ. pequen for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of a Neo-Root ᴺ√PEK(W) “comb”.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PEQE “*comb” ✧ QL/073

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√PEQE > peqen[pekʷen]✧ QL/073

Variations

  • peqil ✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by

peqil

noun. comb