Quenya 

erdë

seed, germ

erdë (1) noun "seed, germ" (ERÉD, VT45:12)

Noldorin 

eredh

noun. seed, germ

Noldorin [Ety/356] Group: SINDICT. Published by

eredh

noun. seed, germ

Changes

  • erð → ereðh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. erde “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶eredē “seed” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
    • ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶eredē > ereðh[eredē] > [erede] > [ereðe] > [ereð]✧ Ety/ERÉD

Variations

  • ereðh ✧ Ety/ERÉD
  • erð ✧ EtyAC/ERÉD (erð)
Noldorin [Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

erde

noun. seed, germ

Cognates

  • N. eredh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD
  • Ilk. erdh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶eredē “seed” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
    • ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶eredē > erde[eredē] > [erdē] > [erde]✧ Ety/ERÉD
ᴹ✶erdē > erde[erdē] > [erde]✧ EtyAC/ERÉD

Variations

  • erde ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD (erde); PE22/014; PE22/019
Qenya [Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD; PE22/014; PE22/019] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

erdh

noun. seed, germ

A noun meaning “seed, germ” derived from primitive ᴹ✶eredē (Ety/ERÉD). The middle [e] was lost due to the Ilkorin syncope, and afterwards the [[ilk|[d] became [ð] after [r]]], as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/erdh).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. erde “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶eredē “seed” ✧ Ety/ERÉD
    • ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶eredē > erð[eredē] > [erede] > [erde] > [erðe] > [erð]✧ Ety/ERÉD

Variations

  • erð ✧ Ety/ERÉD
Doriathrin [Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

ered

root. *seed

Middle Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

eredē

noun. seed

Changes

  • erdē → eredē “seed” ✧ Ety/ERÉD

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RED “scatter, sow” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD

Derivatives

  • Ilk. erdh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD
  • ᴹQ. erde “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD
  • N. eredh “seed, germ” ✧ Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD

Variations

  • erdē ✧ EtyAC/ERÉD (erdē)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ERÉD; EtyAC/ERÉD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

pim

noun. bead, any small round thing, seed

Cognates

  • Eq. pin “little thing, mite”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PINI “*small”

Early Primitive Elvish

mili

root. *seed

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. mile “seed” and ᴱQ. milnar(wa) “sown field” (QL/61). The root ᴱ√mil was also given as the basis for G. mail “flour” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, though this Gnomish word was marked with a “?” (GL/56). There are no signs of this root having similar meanings in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • Eq. mile “seed” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. milin “grain of seed” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. milnar(wa) “sown field” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. milt “semen” ✧ QL/061
  • G. mail “flour” ✧ GL/56

Variations

  • mil ✧ GL/56 (mil)
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/56; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

mile

noun. seed

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MILI “*seed” ✧ QL/061

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MILI > mile[mili] > [mile]✧ QL/061
Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ore

noun. seed, grain

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “*sow” ✧ QL/070

Element in

  • Eq. orivaine “pod, seed pod, pea; peapod (a boat)” ✧ QL/070

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ORO² > [or]ı̯ǝ > ore[orjǝ] > [orj] > [ori] > [ore]✧ QL/070
Early Quenya [QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by