usqe

noun. reek; dusk, twilight

Cognates

• N. osp “smoke” ✧ Ety/USUK
• Ilk. usc “smoke” ✧ Ety/USUK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶us(u)kwē “reek” ✧ Ety/USUK; PE18/050
  • ᴹ√USUK “*reek, smoke; dusk” ✧ Ety/USUK; PE18/050

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶us(u)k-wē > usqe	[uskwē] > [uskwe]	✧ Ety/USUK
ᴹ✶uskwē > usqe	[uskwē] > [uskwe]	✧ PE18/050

hiswe

noun. fog

A noun for “fog” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶khithme under the root ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” (Ety/KHIS; EtyAC/KHIS).

Neo-Quenya: The phonetic developments thm > þm̌ > þw > sw were consistent with Quenya phonology of the 1930s (PE19/44), but sometime around 1960, or shortly before, Tolkien revised these rules as discussed in the entry on the phonetic development of voiceless stops and aspirates before nasals (PE19/87 plus p. 88 note #88). I personally prefer the pre-1960 rules, and would retain this form for Neo-Quenya. If, however, you prefer the later rules, you should (a) stick to Q. hísë for both “mist” and “fog”, (b) revise this word to ᴺQ. ✱hitwe to fit later phonology, or (c) assume the primitive form was ✱khithwē rather than ᴹ✶khithme.

Cognates

• Ilk. hidhum “fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS
• N. hithw “fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Derivations

• ᴹ✶khithme “fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS
  • ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” ✧ Ety/KHIS

Element in

• ᴹQ. hiswa “grey, grey [of weather], *foggy, overcast; [ᴱQ.] dim, fading”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶khithme > hiswe	[kʰitʰme] > [kʰitʰwe] > [xitʰwe] > [xiθwe] > [hiθwe] > [hiswe]	✧ Ety/KHIS