seth

adjective. first, forth

Cognates

• ᴹQ. essea “?primary” ✧ EtyAC/SET

Derivations

• ᴹ✶settā “first” ✧ EtyAC/SET
  • ᴹ√ESE(T) “precede (forward)” ✧ EtyAC/SET

Element in

• N. Sethnoss “Firstborn, Elves” ✧ EtyAC/SET (Sethnoss); EtyAC/SET (Sethel)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶settā > seth	[settā] > [setta] > [settʰa] > [seθθa] > [seθθ] > [seθ]	✧ EtyAC/SET

edhen

adjective. first

Cognates

• ᴹQ. enna “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE

Derivations

• ᴹ✶edenā “first” ✧ EtyAC/EDE
  • ᴹ√EDE(L) “precede, come forward, hence” ✧ EtyAC/EDE

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶edenā > eðen	[edenā] > [edena] > [eðena] > [eðen]	✧ EtyAC/EDE

Variations

• eðen ✧ EtyAC/EDE (eðen)

ereg

place name. First

Earlier name for the river S. Erui from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, apparently a Noldorin word meaning ereg “first” (TI/312, WR/436).

Changes

• Ereg → Erui “First” ✧ TI/312
• Ereg → Erui ✧ WRI/Erui

ereg

adjective. first

Element in

• N. Ereg “First” ✧ TI/312

Elements

Word	Gloss
er	“one, alone”
-eg	“suffix for ordinal numbers”

Variations

• Ereg ✧ TI/312

parch

adjective. dry

parch

adjective. dry

Cognates

• ᴹQ. parka “dry; thirsty” ✧ Ety/PÁRAK; EtyAC/A

Derivations

• On. parkha “dry” ✧ Ety/PÁRAK; EtyAC/A
  • ᴹ√PARAK “*dry” ✧ Ety/PÁRAK
  • ᴹ✶parkā “dry” ✧ EtyAC/A

Element in

• N. afarch “arid, very dry” ✧ EtyAC/A
• ᴺS. parchol “towel”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. parkha > parch	[parxa] > [parx]	✧ Ety/PÁRAK

afarch

adjective. very dry, arid