Quenya 

terra

fine pierced hole

terra noun "fine pierced hole" (VT46:18)

Sindarin 

tess

fine pierced hole

tess (i dess, construct tes), pl. tiss (i thiss). Older ters (VT46:18).

tess

fine pierced hole

tess (i dess, construct tes), pl. tiss (i thiss). Archaic ters (VT46:18)

Noldorin 

tess

noun. fine pierced hole

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ters- “fine pierced hole” ✧ EtyAC/TER
    • ᴹ√TERES “*pierced hole” ✧ Ety/TER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ters- > ters > tess[tersa] > [ters] > [tess]✧ EtyAC/TER
Noldorin [EtyAC/TER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

terra

noun. fine pierced hole

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ters- “fine pierced hole” ✧ EtyAC/TER
    • ᴹ√TERES “*pierced hole” ✧ Ety/TER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ters- > terra[tersa] > [terra]✧ EtyAC/TER

Middle Primitive Elvish

ters-

noun. fine pierced hole

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TERES “*pierced hole” ✧ Ety/TER

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. terra “fine pierced hole” ✧ EtyAC/TER
  • N. tess “fine pierced hole” ✧ EtyAC/TER
Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/TER] Group: Eldamo. Published by