A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s glossed “new-moon” and derived from primitive ✶keu̯rānā (VT48/7), where the ancient diphthong eu became ȳ in the initial syllable, while in the final syllable first ā became au and then au become o as usual in polysyllables, the last development made clear by the archaic form †cýrawn. As such, this word is basically a combination of S. cýr “renewed” and the suffixal form -ron of S. Raun “Moon”.
Quenya
ceuran
noun. new-moon
Cognates
- S. cýron “new-moon” ✧ VT48/07
Derivations
- ✶keu̯rānā “new-moon” ✧ VT48/07
Elements
Word Gloss ceura “renewed” Rána “Moon, (lit.) Wayward” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶keu̯rānă > keuran- [keurānā] > [keurān] > [keuran] ✧ VT48/07 Variations
- keuran- ✧ VT48/07
A word appearing in notes from the late 1960s glossed “new-moon” and derived from primitive ✶keu̯rānā (VT48/7), a combination of Q. ceura “renewed” and Q. Rána “Moon”.