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Middle Primitive Elvish

war

root. give way, yield, not endure, let down, betray

A (Noldorin only?) root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “give way, yield, not endure, let down, betray” with derivatives like N. awarth “abandonment”, N. gwarth “betrayer”, and N. gweria- “betray” (Ety/WAR). Tolkien said it was the opposite of ᴹ√BOR “endure” (EtyAC/WAR) which had various Noldorin derivatives having to do with loyalty (Ety/BOR).

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. avarta- “to abandon”
  • ᴺQ. var- “to yield, give way, surrender”
  • ᴺQ. varta- “to betray”
  • ᴺQ. varto “betrayer”
  • N. awarth “abandonment” ✧ Ety/WAR
  • N. gwarth “betrayer” ✧ Ety/WAR
  • On. awarta- “to forsake, abandon” ✧ Ety/WAR
    • N. awartha- “to forsake” ✧ Ety/WAR
  • On. war- “to betray, cheat” ✧ Ety/WAR
    • N. gweria- “to betray” ✧ Ety/WAR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/WAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oktā

noun. strife, war

Changes

  • OHTĀ → OKTĀ ✧ Ety/OKTĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KOT(H) “quarrel, strive, be wroth” ✧ Ety/KOT; Ety/OKTĀ; PE18/038; PE18/062

Derivatives

  • Ilk. oth “war” ✧ Ety/OKTĀ
  • ᴹQ. ohta “war” ✧ Ety/KOT; Ety/OKTĀ; PE19/055
  • N. auth “war, battle” ✧ Ety/KOT; Ety/OKTĀ

Variations

  • OKTĀ ✧ Ety/OKTĀ
  • okta ✧ EtyAC/KOT
  • OHTĀ ✧ EtyAC/OKTĀ (OHTĀ)
  • okto ✧ PE18/038
  • OK(H)TĀ ✧ PE18/062
  • òkotā́ ✧ PE19/055 (òkotā́)
  • òkotā ✧ PE19/058
  • oktā́ ✧ PE19/058
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KOT; Ety/OKTĀ; EtyAC/KOT; EtyAC/OKTĀ; PE18/038; PE18/062; PE19/055; PE19/058] Group: Eldamo. Published by