A noun for “tressure” in notes from the late 1960s derived from ✶cas-raya = √KAS “head” + √RAY “net, lace” (VT42/12). Given this word’s etymology, Tolkien was probably using “tressure” with its Middle English sense = “headdress”.
Quenya
carrëa
tressure
carrëa
noun. tressure, tressure, *headdress
Cognates
- S. cathrae “tressure, *headdress” ✧ PE22/159; VT42/12
Derivations
- ✶kasraya “a tressure” ✧ PE22/159; VT42/12
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶karrai > carrea [casraja] > [casrea] > [cazrea] > [carrea] ✧ PE22/159 ✶cas-raya > carrea [casraja] > [casrea] > [cazrea] > [carrea] ✧ VT42/12 Variations
- carrea ✧ PE22/159; VT42/12
carrëa (for cas-raya) noun "tressure" (net for confining the hair). (VT42:12)