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Doriathrin

trum

noun. shield

A noun for “shield” derived from primitive ᴹ✶turumbē (Ety/TER), where the unstressed vowel in the first syllable vanished to produce the favored combination [tr], and later the [[ilk|[mb] simplified to [m]]] when this cluster became final.

Cognates

  • ᴹT. trumbe “shield” ✧ Ety/TURÚM

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶turumbē “shield” ✧ Ety/TURÚM
    • ᴹ√TURUM “*shield” ✧ Ety/TURÚM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶turúmbē > trumb > trum[turúmbē] > [turúmbe] > [trúmbe] > [trúmb] > [trúm]✧ Ety/TURÚM
Doriathrin [Ety/TURÚM] Group: Eldamo. Published by