Quenya 

rasillo

noun. squirrel

A word for “squirrel” in notes from 1968-69 based on the root √RATH “climb” (NM/363).

Derivations

  • RATH “climb (with hands and feet, as in a tree or up a rocky slope)” ✧ NM/363

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
RATH > raþillo > rasillo[raθillo] > [rasillo]✧ NM/363

peccuvo

noun. nut-hider, squirrel

Quenya [PE 22:155] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

peccuvo

noun. squirrel, (lit.) nut-hider

A word for “squirrel” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, literally meaning “nut-hider” (PE22/155), hence a combination of (otherwise unattested) ✱pecco “nut” and cuvo “hider”.

Cognates

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Variations

  • pekkuvo ✧ PE22/155

Sindarin 

pechof

noun. squirrel

A neologism for “squirrel” based on Q. peccuvo. The word was originally given as ᴺS. pegof by Aleksandr Zapragajev in the VQP (VQP), but Lokyt pointed out the form should be ᴺS. pechof in a Discord chat in 2021-06-04, because kk became ch in Sindarin. Matt Dinse proposed this same variant pechof in VQP itself.

Cognates

  • Q. peccuvo “squirrel, (lit.) nut-hider”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

pegof

noun. squirrel

Cognates

  • Q. peccuvo “squirrel, (lit.) nut-hider”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by