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Early Quenya

ue

noun. fleece

A word appearing as ᴱQ. ue “fleece” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ou̯χe, although that the primitive form was marked through (QL/71). It was therefore based on the early root ᴱ√OWO having to do with wool.

Neo-Quenya: The root for “wool” became ᴹ√TOW in The Etymologies of the 1930s, so I would adapt this Early Qenya word as ᴺQ. tuë “fleece”, from primitive ✱towē where owe > oue > ue (PE19/63).

Cognates

  • G. ocha “fleece”

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶OWO “*wool” ✧ LT1A/Aulë; QL/097
  • ᴱ✶ou̯χē “fleece” ✧ QL/071
    • ᴱ✶OWO “*wool” ✧ QL/071

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ou̯χe > ue[ouxē] > [ouxe] > [ouɣe] > [oue] > [ue]✧ QL/071
ᴱ✶OWO > UE[ouxē] > [ouxe] > [ouɣe] > [oue] > [ue]✧ QL/097

Variations

  • uë ✧ LT1A/Aulë
  • UE ✧ QL/097
Early Quenya [LT1A/Aulë; PME/071; QL/071; QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by