pennas

noun. history, historical account

pennas

noun. history

Cognates

• ᴹQ. qenta “tale, story, account, history” ✧ SM/27; LRI/Qenta
• ᴹQ. qentale “account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Derivations

• ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

• N. gobennas “history” ✧ Ety/KWET
• N. Pennas inGeleidh “History of the Gnomes” ✧ LR/201
• N. Pennas-na-Ngoelaidh “History of the Noldoli” ✧ SM/077; SMI/Pennas
• N. Pennas Silevril “History of the Silmarils” ✧ LR/202

Elements

Word	Gloss
pent	“tale, story”
-as	“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KWET > pennas	[kwentasse] > [pentasse] > [pentʰasse] > [penθasse] > [penθass] > [pennass] > [pennas]	✧ Ety/KWET

Variations

• Pennas ✧ LR/201; LR/202; LRI/Pennas; LRI/Qenta; SM/077; SM/27; SMI/Pennas

gobennas

noun. history

gobennas

noun. history

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lúmeqentale “history” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

• N. gobennathren “historical” ✧ Ety/KWET

pennas silevril

proper name. History of the Silmarils

Noldorin equivalent to ᴹQ. Qenta Silmarillion, one of the names of the Silmarillion story cycle (LR/202). This name is a combination of pennas “history” and (plural?) Silevril “Silmaril”, also appearing in its lenited form Hilevril.

Changes

• Pennas Hilevril → Pennas Silevril “History of the Silmarils” ✧ LR/202

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Qenta Silmarillion “History of the Silmarils” ✧ MRI/Pennas Silevril; LR/202

Elements

Word	Gloss
pennas	“history”
Silevril	“Silmaril”

Variations

• Pennas Hilevril ✧ LR/202; LRI/Pennas
• Pennas ✧ WJI/Pennas