N. peich n. “juice, syrup” (Category: Juice)
A noun appearing as N. peich “juice, syrup” in The Etymologies of the late 1930s under the root ᴹ√PIS, probably from primitive *pisya given its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. pirya (Ety/PIS). Here sy became χı̯ [pixı̯a], the i became e via a-effection [pexı̯(a)], and then the i intruded into the preceding syllable to produce the diphthong ei after the final a was lost to produce peich [peix].
Conceptual Development: Several earlier words seem to be precursors of this one. The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. bith “juice, sap” with a deleted primitive form {viđa} (GL/23), cognate to ᴱQ. vite “sap, juice” under the early root ᴱ√VITI (QL/101). Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. hî “sap, juice” derived from ᴱ✶pisye (PE13/147) with initial p becoming h as was usual in Early Noldorin of the 1920s.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this word as ᴺS. paich as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD), since ei became ai unless it was in a non-final syllable in Sindarin.
Reference ✧ Ety/PIS ✧ “juice, syrup”
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| ᴹ√PIS > peich | [pisja] > [pixja] > [pexja] > [pexia] > [pexi] > [peix] | ✧ Ety/PIS |
ᴱN. hí n. “sap, juice” (Category: Juice)
References ✧ PE13/147
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| haith | plural | ✧ PE13/147 |
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