sercë

noun. blood

A noun for “blood” appearing in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 derived from the root √SEREK of the same meaning (PE17/185). It appeared as an element in the word serkilixa “blood-thirsty” from 1968 (NM/176), indicating a stem form of serci-.

Cognates

• S. sereg “blood” ✧ PE17/184; SA/sereg

Derivations

• √SEREK “blood” ✧ PE17/184

Element in

• Q. sercilixa “blood-thirsty”
• ᴺQ. serciril “ruby, (lit.) blood-glitter”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SEREK > serke	[sereki] > [sereke] > [serke]	✧ PE17/184

Variations

• serke ✧ PE17/184; SA/sereg

sercë

blood

sercë ("k")noun "blood" _(SA:sereg, PE17:184; the Etymologies gives _yár as the Quenya word for "blood")

yár

blood

yár (yar-, as in dat.sg. yaren) noun "blood"_ (YAR; the Silmarillion appendix gives _sercë instead. According to VT46:22, Tolkien introduced yór_ as a replacement form in the Etymologies itself.)_

yór

blood

yór noun "blood"; see yár (VT46:22)