Noldorin
heleth
noun. fur, fur-coat
heleth
noun. fur, fur-coat
Cognates
- ᴺQ. helet “fur, fur-coat”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SKEL “*strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SKEL > heleth [skelette] > [skelettʰe] > [skeleθθe] > [sxeleθθe] > [xeleθθe] > [xeleθθ] > [heleθθ] > [heleθ] ✧ Ety/SKEL
halath
noun. skin, fell
Changes
?halath→ helath “skin, fell” ✧ EtyAC/SKELDerivations
- ᴹ√SKEL “*strip” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
Element in
- N. Haleth ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (
Halath)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SKAL > ?halath [skalatta] > [skalattʰa] > [skalaθθa] > [sxalaθθa] > [xalaθθa] > [xalaθθ] > [halaθθ] > [halaθ] ✧ EtyAC/SKEL ᴹ√SKAL > heleth [skalatti] > [skalattʰi] > [skalaθθi] > [sxalaθθi] > [xalaθθi] > [xeleθθi] > [xeleθθ] > [halaθθ] > [halaθ] ✧ EtyAC/SKEL Variations
?halath✧ EtyAC/SKEL (?halath)
helf
noun. fur
helf
noun. fur, fur, *hide
Changes
helath→ helf “skin, fell” ✧ Ety/SKELDerivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶skelmā > helf [skelmā] > [skelma] > [sxelma] > [xelma] > [xelm] > [helm] > [helv] ✧ Ety/SKEL ᴹ√SKEL > helath [skelatta] > [skelattʰa] > [skelaθθa] > [sxelaθθa] > [xelaθθa] > [xelaθθ] > [helaθθ] > [helaθ] ✧ Ety/SKEL Variations
- helath ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (
helath)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fur” appearing beside N. heleth “fur, fur-coat”, both derived from the root ᴹ√SKEL (Ety/SKEL). Since N. helf seems to be the cognate of ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell”, I believe helf refers to both skin and fur together and hence = “✱hide”, whereas heleth refers to just the fur itself.
Conceptual Development: Various rejected forms appeared in The Etymologies, including halath “skin, fell” from an earlier version the root ᴹ√SKAL, revised to helath “skin, fell” before being deleted (EtyAC/SKEL). Possible precursors include ᴱN. gwadh “bark, skin, peel” vs. ᴱT. suada “hide” (PE13/146), and G. dafros “bark, skin, peel” (GL/29); see those entries for details.