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Early Quenya

orme

noun. tree

orme

noun. summit, crest, hilltop

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “summit, crest” given as a derivative of ᴱ√ORO (QL/70). It was glossed “hilltop” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/70).

Cognates

  • G. orm “hill top, summit” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë; QL/070

Element in

  • Eq. Kalorme “Hill Crest over which the Sun Rises” ✧ LT1A/Kalormë

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ORO¹ > orme[ormē] > [orme]✧ QL/070

Variations

  • ormë ✧ LT1A/Kalormë
  • orme ✧ PME/070; QL/070
Early Quenya [LT1A/Kalormë; PME/070; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orome

masculine name. Orome

Cognates

  • G. Ormaldor ✧ GL/44
  • G. Orma ✧ GL/63; GL/18; LT1A/Aldaron; LT1A/Oromë; PE14/012

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OÐO “*dawn” ✧ LT1A/Oromë; QL/070

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OŘO > Orome[ōðomē] > [ōðome] > [ōzome] > [ōrome]✧ QL/070

Variations

  • Ŏrŏmĕ ✧ GL/63
  • Oromë ✧ LBI/Oromë; LT1A/Aldaron; LT1A/Oromë; LT1I/Oromë; LT2I/Oromë
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/44; GL/63; LBI/Oromë; LT1A/Aldaron; LT1A/Oromë; LT1I/Oromë; LT2I/Oromë; PE14/012; QL/071; QL/079] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orne

noun. tree

Changes

  • orne → orme ✧ PE16/139

Cognates

  • En. orn “tree” ✧ PE13/164

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ornĕ “tree” ✧ PE13/164

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶orne- > orne[ornē] > [orne]✧ PE13/164

Variations

  • orme ✧ PE16/139
Early Quenya [PE13/164; PE16/080; PE16/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by