moe

adjective. soft

moe

adjective. soft, pliant

Cognates

• ᴹQ. maksa “soft, pliant” ✧ Ety/MASAG

Derivations

• On. maiga “soft, pliant” ✧ Ety/MASAG; EtyAC/MASAG
  • ᴹ✶mazgā “soft, pliant” ✧ Ety/MASAG; EtyAC/MASAG; EtyAC/MASAG
  • ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ Ety/MASAG; EtyAC/MASAG
    • ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead”
  • ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead” ✧ EtyAC/MAS
  • ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ EtyAC/MASAG
  • ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead”

Element in

• N. moeas “dough” ✧ Ety/MASAG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. maiga > moe	[maiga] > [maiɣa] > [maiɣ] > [mai] > [moe]	✧ Ety/MASAG

mō

noun. hand

ON. hand

mael

noun/adjective. stain

mael

noun/adjective. stained

hmael

noun/adjective. stain

hmael

noun/adjective. stained

cam

noun. hand

cam

noun. hand

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kambe “hollow (of hand)” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAB “hollow” ✧ Ety/KAB; EtyAC/KAB
• On. kamba “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
  • ᴹ√KAB “hollow” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ
  • ᴹ✶kambā ✧ PE21/59; PE21/59
  • ᴹ√KAB “hollow”

Element in

• N. Cambant “Full Hand” ✧ Ety/KAB
• N. camland “palm of hand” ✧ Ety/LAD
• N. Camlost “Empty-hand(ed)” ✧ Ety/KAB
• N. Erchamui “One-handed” ✧ Ety/KAB
• N. forgam “righthanded”
• N. hargam “left-handed”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAB > camb > cam	[kamba] > [kamb] > [kamb] > [kamm] > [kam]	✧ Ety/KAB
On. kamba > camm	[kamba] > [kamb] > [kamb] > [kamm]	✧ Ety/MAƷ

Variations

• camm ✧ Ety/MAƷ

cef

noun. soil

cef

noun. soil

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “soil” derived from the root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” (Ety/KEM). It had a rather unusual plural form ceif which shows i-intrusion but not the usual i-raising of e to i; under ordinary phonetic developments the expected plural would be ✱cif. I can think of no good reason for this abnormal plural, but it would be ^caif if adapted to Sindarin. It is mostly moot since this word is very unlikely to be used in the plural.

Derivations

• ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” ✧ Ety/KEM

Element in

• N. cennan “potter”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KEM > cef	[keme] > [kem] > [kev]	✧ Ety/KEM
ᴹ√KEM > ceif	[kemi] > [keim] > [keiv]	✧ Ety/KEM

maw

noun. soil, stain

camb

noun. hand

camm

noun. hand

camm

noun. hand

hmaw

noun. soil, stain

gwatha-

verb. to soil, stain

gwass

noun. stain

gwass

noun. stain

Cognates

• ᴹQ. vakse “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Derivations

• On. wasse “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  • ᴹ✶wahsē “stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  • ᴹ√WAƷ “stain, soil” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. wasse > gwass	[wasse] > [gwasse] > [gwass]	✧ Ety/WAƷ

gwath

noun. stain

Derivations

• On. watte “a stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  • ᴹ✶wahtē “a stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  • ᴹ√WAƷ “stain, soil” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Element in

• N. Iarwath “Blood-stained” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. watte > gwath	[watte] > [wattʰe] > [waθθe] > [gwaθθe] > [gwaθθ] > [gwaθ]	✧ Ety/WAƷ

Variations

• gwath ✧ Ety/WAƷ