erkasse

noun. holly

A noun appearing as ᴹQ. erkasse “holly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√ERÉK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK). In a rejected page from the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. erke “holly” derived from the same root (PE22/127). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the (non-rejected) 1930s ercassë “holly”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, Tolkien had ᴱQ. piosenna “holly”, a combination of ᴱQ. pio “berry” and ᴱQ. senna “red-brown” (QL/83; PME/83).

Cognates

• N. ereg “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Derivations

• ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ERÉK > erkasse	[erkasse]	✧ Ety/ERÉK

erke

noun. holly

Derivations

• ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ PE22/127

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√EREK > erke	[erke]	✧ PE22/127

reg

noun. holly

A Doriathrin noun for “holly” attested only in the plural forms regin and region (Ety/ERÉK). It also appeared as an element in the word regorn “holly-tree”. It seems that the latter word replaced reg in the singular, and the original survived only in the plurals, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/regorn).

Cognates

• N. ereg “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Derivations

• ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Element in

• Ilk. regorn “holly-tree” ✧ Ety/ERÉK
• Ilk. Region “*Hollin” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ERÉK > regin	[rek] > [reg]	✧ Ety/ERÉK

criscolas

noun. holly, (lit.) *sharp-leaf

piosenna

noun. holly