eredh

noun. seed, germ

eredh

noun. seed, germ

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē under the root ᴹ√ERÉD (Ety/ERÉD). An earlier version of the entry instead had N. erð (EtyAC/ERÉD).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. pim “bead, any small round thing, seed” (GL/64), probably from the early root ᴱ√PINI having to do with small things (QL/73).

Changes

• erð → ereðh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Cognates

• ᴹQ. erde “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Derivations

• ᴹ✶eredē “seed” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
  • ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶eredē > ereðh	[eredē] > [erede] > [ereðe] > [ereð]	✧ Ety/ERÉD

Variations

• ereðh ✧ Ety/ERÉD
• erð ✧ EtyAC/ERÉD (erð)