cemnaro ("k")noun "potter" (TAN). First written as cemenáro (VT45:19).
Quenya
centano
potter
cemnaro
potter
Noldorin
cennan
noun. potter
A word for “potter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TAN “make, fashion” as the equivalent of ᴹQ. kentano (Ety/TAN). The root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” had N. {cefnor >>} cevnor “potter”, the equivalent of ᴹQ. kemnaro, but N. cevnor was deleted even though ᴹQ. kemnaro was retained (EtyAC/KEM). There was a line drawn from kemnaro to forms ᴹQ. kentano and N. cennan in the margin, but both these marginal forms were deleted (EtyAC/KEM).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would use the form cennan “potter”, since it is the only undeleted form.
cennan
noun. potter
cevnor
noun. potter
Sindarin
cennan
potter
cennan (i gennan, o chennan), pl. cennain (i chennain)
cennan
potter
(i gennan, o chennan), pl. cennain (i chennain)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Qenya
kentano
noun. potter
A word for “potter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TAN “make, fashion” (Ety/TAN). The root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” instead had ᴹQ. kemnaro “potter”, with a line drawn from it to the forms ᴹQ. kentano and N. cennan in the margin, but both these marginal forms were deleted (EtyAC/KEM).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer ᴹQ. kemnaro “potter”, but if you wish to use kentano, you should update it to ᴺQ. centamo, since ᴹQ. tano > Q. tamo in Tolkien’s later writings; see those entries for details.
kemnaro
noun. potter
A word for “potter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth”, apparently an agental formation based on ᴹQ. kemna “of earth, earthen” (Ety/KEM). It was first written as ᴹQ. {kemenāro}, and there was a line drawn from kemnaro to forms ᴹQ. kentano and N. cennan in the margin, but both these marginal forms were deleted (EtyAC/KEM).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. keresto “potter” based on ᴱQ. keres “earthenware” under the early root ᴱ√KERE “turn” (QL/46).
Early Quenya
keresto
noun. potter
centano ("k")noun "potter" (TAN, VT45:19)