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Early Primitive Elvish

dava Speculative

root. *skin

A (hypothetical) early root that would explain Gnomish words like G. dôf “skin, hide” and G. daf- “strip, flay, peel skin” (GL/29). It was probably replaced in later conceptions by roots like ᴹ√SKEL.

Derivatives

  • G. dauth “skin, hide”
  • G. dôf “hide, skin”
  • G. dautha “naked, stripped”
  • G. daf- “to strip, flay, peel skin”
Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by