Qenya
farma
noun. ?carpet
Cognates
- N. farf “?carpet” ✧ EtyAC/SPAR²
Derivations
- ᴹ√SPAR “strew, spread, ?scatter” ✧ EtyAC/SPAR²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SPAR² > farma [sparma] > [ɸarma] > [farma] ✧ EtyAC/SPAR²
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A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√SPAR “strew, spread, ?scatter” with two unclear glosses, one of which might be “carpet” (EtyAC/SPAR²). Its other gloss is even less clear, but might be “string” or “stray” according to Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne.