Eldamo : Gnomish : mais

G. †mais n. “gore” (Category: Blood)

⚠️G. †mais, n. “gore” (Category: Blood): ᴺS. mechor “gore”

An archaic noun for “gore” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶meχse via the vocalization of the spirant χ before s: eχ > ei > ai (GL/56). It is clearly related to the early root ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon that was likewise the basis for “gore” words (QL/60).

References ✧ GL/56-57

Glosses

“gore” ✧ GL/56 (†mais)

mechor “gore” cp. mais ✧ GL/57

Cognates

ᴱQ. mear “gore, blood”

Derivations

< ᴱ✶meχse “gore” ✧ GL/56
- < ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽”

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶meχse > †mais

[mexse] > [mexs] > [meis] > [mais]

✧ GL/56