Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : DAVA

?ᴱ√DAVA root. “*skin”

⚠️?ᴱ√DAVA root. “*skin”: ᴹ√SKEL “*strip”

A (hypothetical) early root that would explain Gnomish words like G. dôf “skin, hide” and G. daf- “strip, flay, peel skin” (GL/29). It was probably replaced in later conceptions by roots like ᴹ√SKEL.

Derivatives

> G. daf- “to strip, flay, peel skin”
- ⇒ G. dafros “bark, skin, peel” ✧ GL/29
> G. dauth “skin, hide”
- ⇒ G. dauth(r)a- “to strip, flay” ✧ GL/29
> G. dautha “naked, stripped”
> G. dôf “hide, skin”