maxo

noun. mire, mire, [ᴹQ.] sticky substance

A word in both the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) of the 1930s and the Outline of Phonology (OP2) of the 1950s, where it was glossed “sticky substance, mire” (PE19/48) and “mire” (PE19/101). In both places, it was derived from ✶mazgō, and served to illustrated the sound change whereby [[aq|[z] plus voiced stop became unvoiced]] (zg > sk > ks = x) in Ancient Quenya.

Cognates

• S. madha “mud” ✧ PE19/101
• T. mascu “mire” ✧ PE19/101

Derivations

• ✶mazgō “sticky substance” ✧ PE19/101
  • √MASAG “sticky, sticky, [ᴹ√] knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ PE19/101

Element in

• ᴺQ. maxon “mudstone”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶mazgō/ŭ > makso	[mazgō] > [maskō] > [masko] > [makso]	✧ PE19/101

Variations

• makso ✧ PE19/101

maxo

noun. sticky substance

sticky substance, mire