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hese
root. wither
Derivatives
- ᴱ✶heth·thed·’lon “daisy”
- G. hetheglon “daisy” ✧ GL/49
- Eq. hesin “winter” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
- Eq. Heskil “Winter One” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
- Eq. hessa “dead, withered” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
- Eq. hesta- “to wither” ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
- G. hesc “withered, dead; chilled, chill” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil
- G. Hess “winter” ✧ GL/49; LT1A/Heskil
- G. heth “white, pallid, wan” ✧ GL/49
Variations
- heth² ✧ GL/49
- HESE ✧ LT1A/Heskil; QL/040
hese
root. brother or sister
The root ᴱ√HESE appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various derivatives having to do with siblings and blood relationships (QL/40). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the root was given as heth¹ (GL/48), but it is not clear whether this was a replacement or a variant root for ᴱ√HESE.
Neo-Eldarin: I would adapt this as a Neo-Root ᴺ√KHETH “sibling, consanguinity” to serve as the basis for gender-neutral “sibling” words.
Derivatives
Variations
- heth¹ ✧ GL/48
- HESE ✧ QL/040
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wither”, with derivatives having to do with withered things and winter (QL/40). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon the root was given as heth², but it is not clear whether this was intended to be a variant root or a replacement (GL/49). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth salvaging as a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√KHES “wither” to salvage Gnomish and Early Qenya wither-words.