Q. olla prep. “over [beyond]” (Category: Beyond)
A post-position for “over” in the sense “beyond, of things passed over” as in “it is over the river” (PE17/65). It was derived from primitive ✶or-lā. This was part of a paradigm where lá itself was a post-position, but this paradigm was rejected by Tolkien.
Reference ✧ PE17/65 ✧ “over [beyond]”
Related
Elements
| or | “above” | |
| lá² | “beyond, across, athwart, over” | ✧ PE17/65 (lá) |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶or-lā > olla | [orlā] > [ollā] > [olla] | ✧ PE17/65 |