Noldorin
telch
noun. stem
telch
noun. stem
Cognates
- ᴹQ. telko “leg, stem” ✧ Ety/TÉLEK
Derivations
- ᴹ√TELEK “stalk, stem, leg” ✧ Ety/TÉLEK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TÉLEK > telch [telku] > [telko] > [telkʰo] > [telxo] > [telx] ✧ Ety/TÉLEK ᴹ√TÉLEK > tilch [telkī] > [telki] > [telkʰi] > [telxi] > [tilxi] > [tilx] ✧ Ety/TÉLEK
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “stem” under the root ᴹ√TELEK “stalk, stem, leg” (Ety/TÉLEK). Its Quenya cognate Q. telco “stem, leg” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/122; LotR/1118).
Neo-Sindarin: Conceivably this word might also mean “leg” like its Quenya cognate. However, I recommend using this word only for its attested gloss “stem” and suggest ᴺS. teleg for “leg”; see that entry for details.