senc

noun/adjective. mineral-like, flinty; flint

A neologism for an adjective “mineral-like, flinty” and a noun “flint” coined by Paul Strack in 2019 specifically for Eldamo (with the noun sense added in 2021), the equivalent of Q. sinca “flint”, where the i became e via a-affection. It is derived from an adjective form of primitive ✶sinki, which may mean “mineral”; see that entry for details.

Cognates

• Q. sinca “flint, flint; *flinty”

Derivations

• ✶sinki “*mineral”