Quenya
helca
icy, ice-cold
helca
adjective. icy, ice-cold
Derivations
- √KHELEK “ice” ✧ SA/khelek
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √khelek- > helka [kʰelka] > [xelka] > [helka] ✧ SA/khelek Variations
- helka ✧ SA/khelek
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Qenya
helka
adjective. ice-cold
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHELEK “ice” ✧ Ety/KHEL
Element in
- ᴹQ. Helkar
- ᴹQ. Helkarakse “Grinding Ice”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHELEK > helka [kʰelka] > [xelka] > [helka] ✧ Ety/KHEL Variations
- helk ✧ EtyAC/KHEL
Early Quenya
helka
adjective. ice-cold
Cognates
- G. helc “ice-cold, icy, cold”
Derivations
- ᴱ√HELE “*freeze” ✧ LT1A/Helkar; QL/039
Element in
- Eq. Helkar ✧ LT1A/Helkar
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√HELE > helka [xelkā] > [xelka] > [helka] ✧ QL/039
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)_