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Qenya 

ringwe

noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as ᴹQ. ringwe “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” derived from the root ᴹ√RINGI “cold” (Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road the form was given as ringe (LR/383), but this was corrected to ringwe by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/11).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. ringwe was glossed “rime, frost” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RIŊI (QL/80). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, ᴱQ. ringwe was a noun for “cold” (PE16/145).

Cognates

  • Ilk. ring “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI
  • N. rhim “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RINGI “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RINGI > ringwe[riŋgwi] > [riŋgwe]✧ Ety/RINGI

Variations

  • ringe ✧ EtyAC/RINGI
Qenya [Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ringe

noun. cold, cold, *chill

Changes

  • ringa → ringe ✧ Ety/RINGI

Cognates

  • On. ringe “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI
  • N. rhing “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RINGI “cold” ✧ Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RINGI > ringe[riŋgi] > [riŋge]✧ Ety/RINGI
ᴹ√RINGĀ > ringa[riŋgā] > [riŋga]✧ EtyAC/RINGI

Variations

  • ringa ✧ EtyAC/RINGI (ringa)
Qenya [Ety/RINGI; EtyAC/RINGI] Group: Eldamo. Published by