Quenya 

osta

homestead

osta (2) noun "homestead" (LT2:336)


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Gnomish

barwen

noun. homestead

A noun for “homestead” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. bar “home” with the noun suffix G. -wen (GL/21).

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/21] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

osta

noun. homestead

Changes

  • ostaosta “walled tower” ✧ QL/071

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OSO “*enclosure” ✧ LT2A/Belegost; QL/071

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OSO > osta[ostā] > [osta]✧ LT2A/Belegost
ᴱ√OSO² > osta[ostā] > [osta]✧ QL/071
Early Quenya [LT2A/Belegost; PME/043; QL/071; QL/093] Group: Eldamo. Published by