Eldamo : Noldorin : ercha-

N. ercha- v. “to prick” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

N. ercha-, v. “to prick” (Category: to Poke, Prick, Stab)

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form ercho “to prick” under the root ᴹ√EREK “thorn” (Ety/ERÉK).

References ✧ Ety/ERÉK; EtyAC/ERÉK

Variations

ercha- ✧ EtyAC/ERÉK

S. eitha-¹ “to prick with a sharp point, stab; to treat with scorn, insult” may replace ercha- “to prick”

Changes

ercha- >> ercho “to prick” ✧ EtyAC/ERÉK

Inflections

ercho

infinitive

“to prick”

✧ Ety/ERÉK

Cognates

ᴹQ. erka- “to prick” ✧ Ety/ERÉK

Derivations

< ᴹ√(E)REK “thorn, holly” ✧ Ety/ERÉK (ERÉK)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ERÉK > ercho

[erka-] > [erkʰa-] > [erxa-]

✧ Ety/ERÉK