N. hathel n. “broadsword-blade, axe-blade” (Category: Blade, Share)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “broadsword-blade, axe-blade” derived from primitive ᴹ✶syatsē̆la [< *syadsē̆la] under the root ᴹ√SYAD “cleave” (Ety/SYAD). In Tolkien’s later writing there was the name S. Hathol “The Axe” (S/147, WJ/234) which might be a replacement of the 1930s word, but I think the two can coexist as words for “*weapon-blade” and “axe” respectively.
Conceptual Development: The noun ᴱN. dail “axe-blade” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s from primitive ᴱ✶daglé (PE13/141). A similar word {i·dhail >>} i·dael “the axe” appeared in the Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s derived from primitive ᴱ✶dagla (PE14/66).
Reference ✧ Ety/SYAD ✧ “broadsword-blade, axe-blade”
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| ᴹ✶syatsē̆la > hathel | [sjadsela] > [sjatsela] > [j̊atsela] > [j̊aθθela] > [xaθθela] > [xaθθel] > [haθθel] > [haθel] | ✧ Ety/SYAD |
ᴱN. dail n. “axe (blade)” (Category: Ax)
References ✧ PE13/141, 165; PE14/66
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| dailin | plural | ✧ PE13/141 | |
| i·dael | soft-mutation; t-mutation | “the axe” | ✧ PE14/66 |
| i·dhail | soft-mutation; d-mutation | “the axe” | ✧ PE14/66 |
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