Q. certa n. “rune” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

Q. certa, n. “rune” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ Let/223; LotR/1117; LotRI/Certar; PE17/122; PE22/149-150; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth

Glosses

• “rune” ✧ WJ/396

Variations

• certa ✧ PE22/149; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth

Related

• certar could be emended to cirtar ✧ PE22/150

Inflections

Certar	plural	“runes”	✧ LotR/1117
Certar	plural		✧ LotRI/Certar; PE17/122
certar	plural	“runes”	✧ Let/223
certar	plural		✧ PE22/149
certar	plural		✧ PE22/150; WJI/Cirth
certar	plural	“letters of the Sindarin alphabet”	✧ WJ/396
cirtar	plural		✧ PE22/150

Cognates

• S. certh “rune” ✧ LotR/1117 (Cirth); LotRI/Certar (Cirth); PE17/122 (Cirth); PE22/149; PE22/150 (cirth); WJ/396; WJI/Cirth (Cirth)

Derivations

• < S. certh “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • < √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” ✧ PE22/150 (KER)
  • < ✶kirtē “rune” ✧ WJ/396
    • < √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Phonetic Developments

S. certh > certa

[cerþa] > [certa]

✧ WJ/396