rista
cut
rista
noun. *cut, [ᴹQ.] cut
Derivations
- √RIS “cut, cleave, cut, cleave; [ᴹ√] slash, rip” ✧ PE17/087
Element in
- ᴺQ. hórista “citation, quotation, (lit.) something cut out”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √RIS > rista [rista] ✧ PE17/087
rissë
cut
rissë noun? The word is not clearly glossed but apparently means "cut" or "cleft" (ravine), the cognate of the final element of Imladris, Sindarin name of Rivendell. (PE17:87)
rista-
verb. to cut
rista-
verb. to rend, rip
Rest
noun. cut
rest
noun. *cut, [N.] cut
Derivations
Element in
- S. Eglarest “*Forsaken Cut” ✧ WJ/365
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶rista > rest [rista] > [resta] > [rest] ✧ WJ/365
ristannen
adjective. cut
Elements
Word Gloss rista- “to cut; to rend, rip”
Rest
cut
(noun) 1) rest (ravine, cleft), pl. rist (idh rist), 2) criss (i griss, o chriss, construct cris) (cleft, slash), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chriss)
rest
cut
(ravine, cleft), pl. rist (idh rist)
criss
cut
(i griss, o chriss, construct cris) (cleft, slash), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chriss)
rista
noun. *cut
Derivations
- √RIS “cut, cleave, cut, cleave; [ᴹ√] slash, rip”
Derivatives
- S. rest “*cut, [N.] cut” ✧ WJ/365
Element in
- ✶hekla-rista “Eglarest” ✧ WJ/365
rhista-
verb. to cut
rhista-
verb. to rend, rip
rhest
noun. cut
rhest
noun. cut
Cognates
- ᴹQ. rista “cut” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIS “slash, rip” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RIS > rhest [rista] > [resta] > [rest] > [r̥est] ✧ Ety/RIS²
osgar-
verb. to cut round, to amputate
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rista
noun. cut
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIS “slash, rip” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Element in
- ᴹQ. Latimberista “Rivendell”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RIS > rista [rista] ✧ Ety/RIS²
rest
noun. cut
A noun meaning “a cut” derived from the root ᴹ√RIS (Ety/RIS²). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. rista suggests a primitive form ✱✶ristā, where the [i] became [e] due to Ilkorin a-affection, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/rest).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. rista “cut” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIS “slash, rip” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Element in
- Ilk. Eglorest ✧ Ety/RIS²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RIS > rest [ristā] > [rista] > [resta] > [rest] ✧ Ety/RIS²
rista-
verb. cut
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIS “slash, rip” ✧ Ety/RIS²
Derivatives
kiris
root. cut
Changes
KIRÍS→ KIRÍS “cut, slash” ✧ Ety/KIRISDerivatives
Elements
Word Gloss KIR “cleave” RIS “slash, rip” Variations
- KIRÍS ✧ Ety/KIRIS; Ety/RIS²; EtyAC/KIR (
KIRÍS); EtyAC/KIRIS (KIRÍS)
lag
root. *cut
An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the derivatives ᴹQ. lango “broad sword; prow of a ship” and N. lhang “cutlass, sword” (Ety/LAG), so probably meaning something like “✱cut”.
Derivatives
fagin
adjective. cut
fanc
noun. cut
Derivations
- ᴱ√FAKA “cut”
feŋe
root. *cut
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with Qenya derivatives having to do with cutting (QL/38). The contemporaneous Gnomish word G. feng “arrow” is likely derived from this root (GL/34). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Derivatives
faka Speculative
root. cut
A hypothetical early root to explain words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s such as G. fag- “cut” and G. fanc “cut” (GL/33). It might be related to ᴱ√FḶKḶ “cleave, hew”. There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Derivatives
rista
noun. shoot (sowing), plant, seedling
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “shoot (sowing), plant, seedling” under the early root ᴱ√RIẎI “scatter” (QL/80).
Derivations
- ᴱ√RIẎI “scatter‽” ✧ QL/080
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√RIẎI > rista [riðʲstā] > [riðʲsta] > [rijsta] > [rīsta] ✧ QL/080
rista (2) noun "cut" (RIS), cf. #1 above.