Early Quenya
tavar
noun. dale-sprite, fay of the woods; forest
Cognates
- G. tavor “wood fay” ✧ LT1A/Tavari
Derivations
- ᴱ√TAVA “beam” ✧ LT1A/Tavari; QL/090
Element in
- Eq. yain tavárin lilyen marden ✧ PE16/080
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAVA > tavar [taβarn] > [taβar] > [tavar] ✧ QL/090
aldare
noun. wood
Derivations
- ᴱ√ALA “spread‽”
Elements
Word Gloss alda “tree, branch” -re “noun suffix”
A word glossed “wood” in the margins of Tolkien’s notes on The Creatures of the Earth from the 1910s, clearly an elaboration ᴱQ. alda “tree” as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE14/7).