Eldamo : Quenya : nahte

Q. nahte n. “wounding, wound” (Category: to Wound; Wound; Wounded)

Q. nahtë, n. “wounding, wound” (Category: to Wound; Wound; Wounded)

A noun for “a wounding, a wound” appearing in revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) made around 1959, derived from primitive ✶snagdē based on the root √SNAG “wound, gash” (PE19/91). Drafts of these revision instead had (rejected) nahta (PE19/92 note #110).

References ✧ PE19/91-92

Glosses

“a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/91

Variations

nahte ✧ PE19/91
nahta ✧ PE19/92

nahte “a wounding, a wound” is, as shown by the S. and Nan. forms, in origin unconnected to √NDAK “hew, slay” ✧ PE19/91

Cognates

Nan. snād “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/91
S. naedh “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/91 (naeð)
T. natte “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/91 (nacte/natte)

Derivations

< √SNAG “wound, gash” ✧ PE19/92 ((S)NAG)
< ✶snagdē “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/91
- < hnahte < snagdē ✧ PE19/91
- < √SNAG “wound, gash” ✧ PE19/91

Phonetic Developments

✶snagdē > hnahte > nahte

[snagdē] > [snaktē] > [n̥aktē] > [n̥axte] > [naxte]

✧ PE19/91