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Q. olba n. “branch” (Category: Branch)

Q. olba, n. “branch” (Category: Branch)

A noun for “branch” in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 derived from primitive √OLOB (PM/341). It may be a variant of olva “plant”, since lv was sometimes pronounced lb (LotR/1121; PE17/129).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. olwa “branch” derived from primitive ᴹ✶golbā under the root ᴹ√GOLOB (Ety/GÓLOB). The lw in this word seems to be a remnant of Early Qenya phonetic developments, where sometimes lb became lw, the best example being early ᴱQ. elwen vs. Elben “heart” (QL/35; LT2/202). There was a similar word ᴱQ. olwe(n) that was cognate to G. olf(in) “branch, wand, stick” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/62), possibly also an example of lb > lw.

Reference ✧ PM/341 ✧ “branch”

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OLOB > olba [olba] ✧ PM/341

ᴹQ. olwa n. “branch” (Category: Branch)

See Q. olba for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GÓLOB; PE22/23, 52

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ᴹ✶golbā > olwa [golbā] > [ɣolbā] > [ɣolβā] > [ɣolwā] > [olwā] > [olwa] ✧ Ety/GÓLOB

ᴱQ. olwe(n) n. “branch, wand, stick” (Category: Branch)

See Q. olba for discussion.

References ✧ GL/43, 62; LT2A/Gurtholfin

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