N. panas n. “floor” (Category: Floor)
A noun for “floor” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an elaboration of N. pân “plank” under the root ᴹ√PAN (Ety/PAN). As such, it likely refers to a constructed floor made of wood or other materials.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. blath “a floor” (GL/23), probably derived from the early root ᴱ√PALA having to do with flat things as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Palúrien).
Reference ✧ Ety/PAN ✧ “floor”
Elements
| pân | “plank, fixed board (especially in a floor)” | ✧ Ety/PAN |
| #-as | “abstract noun” | ✧ Ety/PAN (#-as) |
G. blath n. “floor” (Category: Floor)
References ✧ GL/23; LT1A/Palúrien
Glosses
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√PALA > blath | [balatt] > [blatt] > [blaθθ] > [blaθ] | ✧ LT1A/Palúrien |