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Qenya 

finde

noun. tress, braid of hair

Cognates

  • On. sphinde “lock of hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶spindē “tress, braid of hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN
    • ᴹ√SPIN “*hair” ✧ Ety/SPIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶spindē > finde[spinde] > [ɸinde] > [finde]✧ Ety/SPIN

lokse

noun. hair, hair [in general]

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hair” derived from the root ᴹ√LOKH (Ety/LOKH).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. laksa “tress” appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s (PE14/117).

Cognates

  • N. lhaws “ringlet” ✧ Ety/LOKH

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LOKH “*curl of hair” ✧ Ety/LOKH

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LOKH > lokse[lokʰse] > [lokse]✧ Ety/LOKH