Qenya
liske
noun. reed, reed, [ᴱQ.] sedge
Cognates
- S. lisg “reed, reed, [G.] sedge”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶lisge > liske [lisge] > [lizge] > [liske] ✧ PE19/051
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A word mentioned in the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) of the 1930s, with the gloss “reed” and derived from primitive ᴹ✶lisge (PE19/51).
Conceptual Development: The word/root ᴱQ. LISKE “sedge, reeds” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/55). In the contemporaneous Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin, [ᴱQ.] liske was given as a cognate to G. lisg “reed” (PE15/28).