cotto

enemy

#cotto ("k")noun "enemy", isolated from Moricotto "Dark Enemy", a Quenya form of Morgoth(VT49:25). Compare cotumo, *notto.

cotto

noun. *enemy

variant notto suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/notto)

Cognates

• S. coth “enemy, foe, enemy, foe; [N.] enmity”

Derivations

• ✶kottō “foe”
  • √KOT “hate; be wroth, quarrel, be wroth, quarrel, [ᴹ√]strive; [√] hate”

Element in

• Q. Morikotto “*Dark Enemy” ✧ VT49/24

Variations

• kotto ✧ VT49/24 (kotto)

cotumo

enemy

cotumo ("k")noun "enemy" (KOT > KOTH)

notto

enemy

*notto (ñ)noun "enemy", reconstructed simplex form of the second element of the Moringotto "Dark Enemy", a Quenya form of Morgoth(VT49:25). Compare #cotto.

mel-

verb. to love

Derivations

• ✶melā- “to love”
  • √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Element in

• Q. mélamar “(emotional) home”
• Q. melima “loving, very affectionate, [ᴹQ.] loveable, fair; [Q.] loving, very affectionate”
• ᴺQ. melinólë “philosophy”
• Q. melin sé apa lanyë hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• Q. melinyes apa la hé “I love him but not him (the other)” ✧ VT49/15
• ᴺQ. mellaman “pet, (lit.) love-animal”

notto Speculative

noun. *enemy

Derivations

• ✶ñgothō “foe”

coth

noun. enemy, foe, enemy, foe; [N.] enmity

Its later form could be ✱(ñ)goth. See ✶kottō for a discussion.

Cognates

• Q. cotto “*enemy”

Derivations

• ✶kottō “foe”
  • √KOT “hate; be wroth, quarrel, be wroth, quarrel, [ᴹ√]strive; [√] hate”

Element in

• ᴺS. cothren “hostile”
• S. Morgoth “Black Foe, Dark Foe, Black Enemy, Dark Tyrant” ✧ SA/mor

mel-

verb. to love

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Element in

• S. Meldis “?Beloved Bride”
• ᴺS. mellavan “pet, (lit.) love-animal”
• S. melui “lovely, sweet”
• ᴺS. orvel- “to favour, *(lit.) love above”
• S. úvelui “not amiable, unloveable” ✧ PE17/145

coth

enemy

(i goth, o choth), pl. cyth (i chyth).

goth

enemy

1) goth (i ngoth = i ñoth, o n**goth = o ñgoth), pl. gyth (in gyth = i ñgyth), 2) #gûd (i ngûd = i ñûd, o n**gûd = o ñgûd, construct gud) (foe), pl. guid (in guid = i ñgŷd). Isolated from the name Thuringud, Hidden Foe. 3) (also used = ”enmity”) coth (i goth, o choth), pl. cyth (i chyth).

goth

enemy

(i ngoth = i ñoth, o n’goth = o ñgoth), pl. gyth (in gyth = i ñgyth)

gûd

enemy

(i ngûd = i ñûd, o n’gûd = o ñgûd, construct gud) (foe), pl. guid (in guid = i ñgŷd). Isolated from the name Thuringud, Hidden Foe.

coth

enmity

coth (i goth, o choth), pl. cyth (i chyth). Also used = ”enemy”.

coth

enmity

(i goth, o choth), pl. cyth (i chyth). Also used = ”enemy”.

melā-

verb. to love

Derivations

• √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)”

Derivatives

• Q. mel- “to love”

Variations

• melā ✧ PE22/130; PE22/134; PE22/134

coth

noun. enemy

coth

noun. enmity

coth

noun. enmity, enemy

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kotumo “enemy” ✧ Ety/KOT

Derivations

• ᴹ√KOT(H) “quarrel, strive, be wroth” ✧ Ety/KOT
• ᴹ✶kotse ✧ EtyAC/KOT
  • ᴹ√KOT(H) “quarrel, strive, be wroth” ✧ Ety/KOT

Element in

• N. Morgoth “Black Foe” ✧ Ety/KOT

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kotse > coth	[kotse] > [kotsa] > [koθθa] > [koθθ] > [koθ]	✧ EtyAC/KOT

mela-

verb. to love

Derivations

• ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ EtyAC/MEL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MEL > melo	[mel-]	✧ EtyAC/MEL