helca

icy, ice-cold

helca ("k")adj. "icy, ice-cold" (misprint "helk" in the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry KHELEK; both the Silmarillion Appendix and LT1:254 have helka, and VT45:21 finally confirmed that there is a final -a in Tolkien's Etymologies manuscript as well). In Helcar, the Inland Sea in the north-east of Middle-earth, and Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice between Araman and Middle-earth_ (SA; spelt "Helkarakse" in the Etymologies, stem KARAK)_

helca

adjective. icy, ice-cold

Derivations

• √KHELEK “ice” ✧ SA/khelek

Element in

• Q. Helcar ✧ SA/khelek
• Q. Helcaraxë “Grinding Ice” ✧ S/134; SA/khelek

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√khelek- > helka	[kʰelka] > [xelka] > [helka]	✧ SA/khelek

Variations

• helka ✧ SA/khelek