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Doriathrin

tû

noun. muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength

A noun meaning “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tūgu with an attested intermediate form tūgh [tūɣ] (Ety/TUG). It is a good example of how [[ilk|[g] spirantalized to [ɣ] (“gh”) after a vowel]], and the resulting voiced velar spirant [[ilk|[ɣ] vanished]], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tû).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. tuo “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶tūgu “muscle, sinew; vigour, physical strength” ✧ Ety/TUG
    • ᴹ√TUG “*muscle” ✧ Ety/TUG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶tūgu > tūgh > tū[tūgu] > [tūgo] > [tūɣo] > [tūɣ] > [tū]✧ Ety/TUG

Variations

  • tū ✧ Ety/TUG
  • tûgh/tû ✧ EtyAC/TUG
Doriathrin [Ety/TUG; EtyAC/TUG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bel

noun. strength

An Ilkorin word for “strength”, developed from primitive ᴹ✶belē (Ety/BEL), an example of how final vowels vanished in Ilkorin.

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶belē “strength” ✧ Ety/BEL
    • ᴹ√BEL “strong” ✧ Ety/BEL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶belē > bel[belē] > [bele] > [bel]✧ Ety/BEL
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