S. taith n. “sign, symbol, mark” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

S. taith, n. “sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; ⚠️[G.] letter” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

ᴺS. !taith “note, jot, scribbling, (lit.) a little writing”

Reference ✧ PE17/43 ✧ “a sign, symbol, mark”

Element In

• ᴺS. !ennais “signature, (lit.) name sign”
• S. andaith “long-mark”

Cognates

• Q. tehta “(written) mark, sign, symbol, †written letter” ✧ PE17/43

Derivations

• < ✶tektā “sign, symbol, mark” ✧ PE17/43 (tek-tā)
  • < teith < tek-tā ✧ PE17/43
  • < √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write” ✧ PE22/149

Phonetic Developments

✶tek-tā > teith > taith

[tektā] > [tekta] > [tektʰa] > [texθa] > [teiθa] > [teiθ] > [taiθ]

✧ PE17/43

N. teith n. “mark, stroke” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31

Glosses

• “mark” ✧ Ety/TEK
• “stroke” ✧ PE22/31

Variations

• teith ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31

Inflections

deith

soft-mutation; t-mutation

✧ Ety/TEK

Element In

• N. andeith “long-mark” ✧ Ety/TEK

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tehta “mark (in writing), sign, diacritic” ✧ Ety/TEK

Derivations

• < ON. #tektha “mark” ✧ Ety/TEK (#tektha)
  • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK

Phonetic Developments

ON. #tektha > teith

[texθa] > [teiθa] > [teiθ]

✧ Ety/TEK

G. taith n. “a letter, mark, sign” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ GL/40, 63, 68

Glosses

• “a letter, mark, sign” ✧ GL/68

Variations

• taith ✧ GL/40; GL/68

Related

• taith “a letter, mark, sign” cp. tê ✧ GL/68

Inflections

taithron

genitive plural

✧ GL/63

Element In

• G. godaithri “education, erudition; grammar” ✧ GL/40
• G. godaithri(o)n “learned, educated” ✧ GL/40 (godaithrin)
• G. pant taithron “*book, (lit.) arrangement of letters” ✧ GL/63

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶teʒt- ✧ GL/68
  • < teht < teʒt- ✧ GL/68
  • < ᴱ√TEKE “make marks”