pl. ioe (in ”Noldorin” the pl. was iui, VT46:22). Note: a homophone means ”ravine, cleft, gulf”.
Sindarin
iaw
corn
iaw
corn
Noldorin
iau
noun. corn
iau
noun. corn, corn, *cereal crop
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “corn” derived from the root ᴹ√YAB “fruit” (Ety/YAB). It had the rather unusual plural form iui, which seems to be the result of au becoming ui via i-intrusion in Noldorin of the 1930s and 40s (PE22/40): yābī > ı̯auvi > ı̯uiw(i) > iui. In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s the result was instead oe, so the Sindarin plural of this word would likely be ✱ioew. As for the gloss “corn”, it was probably intended to have its British meaning as a general term for any cereal crop like wheat or oats.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. yáve “fruit” ✧ Ety/YAB
Derivations
- ᴹ√YAB “fruit” ✧ Ety/YAB
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√YAB > iau [jābe] > [jǭbe] > [joube] > [jouve] > [jauve] > [jauv] > [jau] ✧ Ety/YAB ᴹ√YAB > iui [jābi] > [jǭbi] > [joubi] > [jouvi] > [jauvi] > [juiv] > [jui] ✧ Ety/YAB Variations
- iau ✧ Ety/YAB
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Gnomish
gaust
noun. corn, crop (espec. of cereal)
A noun appearing as G. gaust “corn, crop (espec. of cereal)” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√ı̯aƀa [YAɃA] (GL/38), since in Gnomish of the 1910s an initial y usually became g (HPG/§2.1).
Neo-Sindarin: Since the root ᴹ√YAB survived in Tolkien’s later writing, I would salvage this Gnomish noun as ᴺS. iaust to better fit later phonology. Furthermore, I would use it only in the sense “crop, ✱yield, produce”, where for “corn [= cereal grain]” I would use N. iau “corn” from The Etymologies (Ety/YAB).
Cognates
- Eq. yausta “crop”
Derivations
- ᴱ√ẎAVA “*fruit” ✧ GL/38
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ı̯aƀa > gaust [jaβsta] > [javsta] > [gavsta] > [gavst] > [gaust] ✧ GL/38
(not = ”maize”) iaw, pl. ioe (in ”Noldorin” the pl. was iui, VT46:22). Note: a homophone means ”ravine, cleft, gulf”.