Early Quenya
qitin
adjective. knitted, joined tight
Derivations
- ᴱ√QITYI “*knit” ✧ QL/078
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QIT͡YI > qitin [kʷitʲin] > [kʷitin] ✧ QL/078
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An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qitin “knitted, joined tight” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QITYI (QL/78).
Neo-Quenya: I update the early root to ᴺ√KWIT “knit” to serve as the basis for Neo-Quenya knitting words, and would therefore retain ᴺQ. quitin “knitted, joined tight”.