Eldamo : Sindarin : ertha-

S. #ertha- v. “to unite” (Category: to Join, Unite)

S. #ertha-, v. “to unite” (Category: to Join, Unite): G. gofedhra- “to unite in a band”; G. fedhra- “to unite in a band”; G. gada- “to join, connect, unite”

A verb implied by aderthad “reuniting” (S/113), probably a causative form of √ER “one”, hence = “*make one”.

Conceptual Development: A similar verb G. ertha- or eretha- appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, but with a different meaning: “to isolate; [by extension] rob, deprive” (GL/33). This earlier verb was likely based on G. ereth “solitude” (GL/32).

Reference ✧ S/113

Element In

ᴺS. !erthad “union, uniting”
S. #adertha- “to reunite” ✧ S/113 (#Adertha-)

Cognates

ᴺQ. !erta- “to unite”

Derivations

< √ER “one, single, only, alone”

G. er(e)tha- v. “to isolate; to rob, deprive” (Category: to Steal)

See S. #ertha- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/33

Glosses

“to isolate, rob, deprive” ✧ GL/33 (ertha-)

Variations

ertha- ✧ GL/33
eretha- ✧ GL/33

Elements

ereth	“solitude, oneness, loneliness”	✧ GL/32
#-tha¹	“verb suffix”	✧ GL/33 (#-tha)