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Doriathrin

brith

noun. broken stones, gravel

A word for “broken stones, gravel” developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶b’rittē or ✱✶birittē (Ety/BIRÍT), because in Ilkorin unstressed initial syllables reduced to favored clusters.

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶b’rittē “broken stones, gravel” ✧ Ety/BIRÍT
    • ᴹ√BIRIT “*gravel” ✧ Ety/BIRÍT

Derivatives

  • N. brith “gravel” ✧ Ety/BIRÍT

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶b’rittē > brith[biríttē] > [birítte] > [brítte] > [bríθθe] > [bríθe] > [bríθ]✧ Ety/BIRÍT
Doriathrin [Ety/BIRÍT] Group: Eldamo. Published by