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Ossriandric

sc(i)ella

noun. shade, screen

A noun glossed “shade, screen” developed from the root ᴹ√SKAL (Ety/SKAL¹), perhaps from a primitive form ✱✶skallā (though Helge Fauskanger suggested ᴹ✶skalnā). As noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Nandorin/scella), it seems the vowel [a] became [e]: scella. The mechanism is unclear, but perhaps [[dan|this change was triggered by the initial [s] plus voiceless stop]]. Also noted by Helge Fauskanger, the word seems to have undergone further vowel-breaking of [e] to [ie]: sciella. The mechanism here is easier to explain, probably analogous to similar changes in Old English, where [[dan|[e] became [ie] after initial [sk]]].

Changes

  • sc(i)ella → sc(i)ella “hide, shade, screen” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. halya- “to veil, conceal, screen from light” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SKAL “screen, hide (from light), overshadow” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√SKAL¹ > sc(i)ella[skallā] > [skellā] > [skellā] > [skella] > [skiella]✧ Ety/SKAL¹
Ossriandric [Ety/SKAL¹; EtyAC/SKAL¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by