neledh

cardinal. three

neledh

cardinal. three

Changes

• neleth → neled ✧ Ety/NEL

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nelde “three” ✧ Ety/NEL

Derivations

• ᴹ√NELED “three” ✧ Ety/NEL

Element in

• N. lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh “five foot high the door and three may walk abreast” ✧ TAI/150
• N. Neleduir “Three Kings” ✧ EtyAC/LEP

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NÉL-ED > neledh	[nelede] > [neleðe] > [neleð]	✧ Ety/NEL

Variations

• neled ✧ Ety/NEL
• neleth ✧ EtyAC/NEL (neleth)

neledh-

verb. to enter

Hammond and Scull apparently understand this word as a derivative of neledh "three", hence their translation neledh neledhi "three by three". However, we have shown in Hiswelókë (third issue, pp. 74-78) that this word is conceivably a verb derived from LED "to go". The prefix ne- also occurs in nestegi "to insert, stick in"

neled

cardinal. three

neled

cardinal. three