! ego! (WJ:365)
Quenya
au-
off, *away
Sindarin
ego
interjection. be off!
ego
interjection. be off!
Cognates
- Q. heca “be gone!, stand aside!” ✧ WJ/364
Derivations
- √HEK “aside, apart, separate” ✧ WJ/364
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √HEK > hek(e) ā > ego! [ɣekā-] > [ekā-] > [ekǭ-] > [ekau-] > [egau-] > [ego-] ✧ WJ/364 Variations
- ego! ✧ WJ/365
ego!
be off
ego!
be off
(WJ:365)
au- (1) a verbal prefix "off, *away", as in auciri ("k") "cut off" (so as to get rid of or lose a portion); contrast hóciri (WJ:366, 368). Compare au as a variant of the stem awa "away from" (VT49:24) and the adverb au (see #2 below).