Eldamo : Noldorin : nardh

N. nardh n. “knot” (Category: Knot)

N. nardh, n. “knot” (Category: Knot)

A noun for “knot” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√SNAR “tie” (Ety/SNAR).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. thred “a knot” related to G. ther- “tie” (GL/72-73), hence based on the early root ᴱ√SERE [ÞERE] “twine, tie, bind” (QL/83).

Reference ✧ Ety/SNAR ✧ narð “knot”

Cognates

ᴹQ. narda “knot” ✧ Ety/SNAR

Derivations

< ᴹ√SNAR “tie” ✧ Ety/SNAR

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√SNAR > narð

[snarda] > [n̥arda] > [n̥arða] > [n̥arð] > [narð]

✧ Ety/SNAR

G. thred n. “knot” (Category: Knot)

See N. nardh for discussion.

References ✧ GL/72-73

Glosses

“a knot” ✧ GL/73

ther- “to tie” cp. thred ✧ GL/72

Derivations

< *ᴱ√ÞERE “twine, tie, bind”