Eldamo : Middle Quenya : samna¹

ᴹQ. samna¹ [þ] n. “wooden post” (Category: Beam)

ᴹQ. samna¹ [þ], n. “wooden post” (Category: Beam)

A noun appearing as {sauna >>} samna in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “wooden post”, apparently derived from ᴹ✶stabnē under the root ᴹ√STAB based on its Old Noldorin cognate ON. stabne > sthamne, though it is not clear how the final e became a in the Quenya word (Ety/STAB; EtyAC/STAB).

References ✧ Ety/STAB; EtyAC/STAB

Glosses

“wooden post” ✧ Ety/STAB

Variations

samna ✧ Ety/STAB
sauna ✧ EtyAC/STAB

Changes

sauna >> samna “wooden post” ✧ EtyAC/STAB

Cognates

N. thafn “post, wooden pillar” ✧ Ety/STAB
ON. sthamne “post, wooden pillar” ✧ Ety/STAB

Derivations

< ᴹ✶stabnē “wooden post” ✧ Ety/STAB
- < ᴹ√STAB “*wood” ✧ Ety/STAB

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶stabnē > samna

[stabnē] > [θabnē] > [θamnē] > [θamne] > [samne] ? [samna]

✧ Ety/STAB