A noun in The Etymologies of the late 1930s glossed “juice” from the root ᴹ√SAB of the same meaning (Ety/SAB).
Conceptual Development: G. gwâs “juice” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s is a possible precursor (GL/44).
Noldorin
peich
noun. juice, syrup
peich
noun. juice, syrup
Cognates
- ᴹQ. pirya “juice, syrup, juice, syrup, *sap” ✧ Ety/PIS
Derivations
- ᴹ√PIS “*juice” ✧ Ety/PIS
Element in
- N. pichen “juicy, juicy, *oozing” ✧ Ety/PIS
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√PIS > peich [pisja] > [pixja] > [pexja] > [pexia] > [pexi] > [peix] ✧ Ety/PIS
saw
noun. juice
saw
noun. juice
Cognates
- ᴹQ. sáva “juice” ✧ Ety/SAB
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. sōba > saw [sǭba] > [souba] > [souva] > [sauva] > [sauv] > [sau] ✧ Ety/SAB On. sōba > sui [sǭbi] > [soubi] > [souvi] > [sauvi] > [suiv] > [sui] ✧ Ety/SAB
A noun appearing as N. peich “juice, syrup” in The Etymologies of the late 1930s under the root ᴹ√PIS, probably from primitive ✱pisya given its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. pirya (Ety/PIS). Here sy became χı̯ [pixı̯a], the i became e via a-effection [pexı̯(a)], and then the i intruded into the preceding syllable to produce the diphthong ei after the final a was lost to produce peich [peix].
Conceptual Development: Several earlier words seem to be precursors of this one. The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. bith “juice, sap” with a deleted primitive form {viđa} (GL/23), cognate to ᴱQ. vite “sap, juice” under the early root ᴱ√VITI (QL/101). Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. hî “sap, juice” derived from ᴱ✶pisye (PE13/147) with initial p becoming h as was usual in Early Noldorin of the 1920s.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. paich as suggested in HSD (HSD), since ei became ai unless it was in a non-final syllable in Sindarin.