(a)moth

noun. fen, marsh

both

noun. fen, marsh, fen, marsh; [N.] puddle, small pool

The word N. both first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the gloss “puddle, small pool” as a derivative of the root ᴹ√MBOTH (Ety/MBOTH). It reappeared in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 as a derivative of √MOT “fen, marsh”, apparently of the same meaning, along with variants moth and amoth. For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I’d use the form both and retain the 1957 and 1930s senses as derivations of slightly different roots.

Cognates

• Q. motto “fen, marsh, fen, marsh; [ᴹQ.] blot” ✧ PE17/165

Derivations

• √MOT “fen, marsh” ✧ PE17/165

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MOT > mbotto > both	[mbotto] > [mbottʰo] > [mboθθo] > [boθθo] > [boθθ] > [boθ]	✧ PE17/165

Variations

• moth ✧ PE17/165
• amoth ✧ PE17/165

amoth

noun. shoulder

Derivations

• √AM “go up, go up, [ᴹ√] up”