Noldorin 

lhaes

noun. babe

Noldorin [Ety/367, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhaes

noun. babe

A noun appearing as N. lhaes “babe” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√LAP (Ety/KEM).

Neo-Sindarin: This word is sometimes adapted to Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. laes, for example in HSD (HSD). This updated form is the usual revision of the voiceless initial lh of Noldorin to voiced l in Sindarin. However, this is not the only phonological difficulty in this word. For example, there is some evidence that in Sindarin, the vocalization of spirantalized p is to u rather than i, suggesting ᴺS. ✱laus. There is also evidence that voiceless stops didn’t vocalize before s in Sindarin, but rather became simple spirants, as in ach “neck” < aks, suggesting instead ✱laph. In this case, I think it is best to avoid all these complexities and just use the 1968 word S. gwinig for “baby”.

Cognates

  • Ilk. laf “babe” ✧ Ety/LAP
  • ᴹQ. lapse “babe” ✧ Ety/LAP

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAP “*babe” ✧ Ety/LAP

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAP > lhaes[lapse] > [lapsa] > [laɸsa] > [laisa] > [lais] > [l̥ais] > [l̥aes]✧ Ety/LAP