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Qenya 

fasse

noun. tangled hair, shaggy lock

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “tangled hair, shaggy lock” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAS (Ety/PHAS).

Cognates

  • On. phasta “shaggy hair” ✧ Ety/PHAS
  • N. fast “shaggy hair” ✧ Ety/PHAS

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAS “*tangle, shag, fringe” ✧ Ety/PHAS

Element in

  • ᴺQ. fassa “shaggy, tangled [hair]”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAS > fasse[pʰasse] > [ɸasse] > [fasse]✧ Ety/PHAS

fas

noun. fringe, border, fringe, border; [ᴱQ.] tassel

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAS “*tangle, shag, fringe”
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