quácë

frog

quácë ("k")noun "frog"; this replaced coacë ("koake"), a form rejected by Tolkien (VT47:36)

quácë

noun. frog

A word given as {koake >>} quāke “frog” derived from primitive ✶kāwāk in notes from 1968 (VT47/36).

Changes

• koake → quāke ✧ VT47/36

Derivations

• ✶kāwāk “frog” ✧ VT47/36
  • √KAWAK “*caw, croak”

Element in

• ᴺQ. quaccas “tadpole, (lit.) frog head”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kāwāk > quāke	[kwāke]	✧ VT47/36
✶kāwāk > koake	[kawake] > [koake]	✧ VT47/36

Variations

• quāke ✧ VT47/36
• koake ✧ VT47/36 (koake)

coacë

coacë

[coacë, see quácë]

carpo

noun. frog

A neologism for “frog” created by Eddin Najetovic in PPQ (PPQ) from the early 2000s, equivalent to N. cabor “frog”. I think it is preferable to use the now-attested word Q. quácë “frog”, published in 2005.

Cognates

• N. cabor “frog”

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAP “leap, leap, [ᴱ√] spring”

cabor

frog

cabor (i gabor, o chabor), analogical pl. cebyr (i chebyr). Archaic cabr.

cabor

frog

(i gabor, o chabor), analogical pl. cebyr (i chebyr). Archaic cabr.

kāwāk

noun. frog

Derivations

• √KAWAK “*caw, croak”

Derivatives

• Q. quácë “frog” ✧ VT47/36

cabr

noun. frog

cabor

noun. frog

cabor

noun. frog

A noun for “frog” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an agental form of the root ᴹ√KAP “leap” (Ety/KAP). This was initially glossed “a dog” (EtyAC/KAP).

Changes

• cabor → cabor “a dog” ✧ Ety/KAP

Cognates

• ᴺQ. carpo “frog”

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAP “leap, leap, [ᴱ√] spring” ✧ Ety/KAP

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAP > cabr > cabor	[kapro] > [kapr] > [kabr] > [kabor]	✧ Ety/KAP