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Middle Primitive Elvish

skel

root. *strip

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. helda/N. hell “naked”, ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell” and N. helf “fur” (Ety/SKEL). The root was initially given as ᴹ√SKAL, and various forms had a >> e after ᴹ√SKAL >> ᴹ√SKEL (EtyAC/SKEL).

Changes

  • SKAL → SKEL ✧ Ety/SKEL

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶skelmā “skin, fell” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. helma “skin, fell, skin, fell, *hide” ✧ Ety/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. halma “skin, fell” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
    • N. helf “fur, fur, *hide” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • ᴹ✶skelnā “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKEL
    • ᴹQ. halla “naked” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
    • On. skhella “naked” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
    • N. hell “naked, naked, *stripped” ✧ Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL
  • ᴹ✶skelta- “to strip” ✧ Ety/SKEL
    • ᴺQ. helta- “to strip, bar, peel; *to despoil, denude”
    • N. heltha- “to strip, to strip, flay, peel skin; to despoil, make bare” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • ᴹQ. helda “naked, stripped bare” ✧ Ety/SKAL¹
  • ᴺQ. helet “fur, fur-coat”
  • N. heleth “fur, fur-coat” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • N. helf “fur, fur, *hide” ✧ Ety/SKEL
  • N. halath “skin, fell” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
  • On. skhalta- “to strip” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL
    • N. heltha- “to strip, to strip, flay, peel skin; to despoil, make bare” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL

Element in

  • N. haldir “fur-hunter” ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (haldir)

Variations

  • SKAL ✧ EtyAC/SKEL (SKAL)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SKAL¹; Ety/SKEL; EtyAC/SKEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by