N. brethil n. “beech” (Category: Beech)

References ✧ Ety/BERÉTH, NEL, PHER; EtyAC/NEL

Glosses

• “beech” ✧ Ety/NEL (brethel)
• “beech-tree” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH

Variations

• brethil ✧ Ety/BERÉTH; Ety/PHER; EtyAC/NEL (brethil)
• brethel ✧ Ety/NEL

Related

• †fêr “beech-tree” is archaic for brethil “beech-tree” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH
• †fêr “beech-tree” is archaic for brethil ✧ Ety/PHER

Changes

• brethil >> brethel “beech” ✧ EtyAC/NEL

Inflections

brethil

plural

✧ Ety/NEL

Elements

Ilk. breth	“(beech) mast, *beech nut”	✧ Ety/BERÉTH
-(r)il	“feminine agent”	✧ Ety/BERÉTH (-il)

Element In

• N. Brethilian(d) “Forest of Brethil” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH (Brethiliand/Brethilian)
• N. Nimbrethil
• N. Brethil ✧ Ety/NEL

Cognates

• ᴹT. bredele “beech-tree” ✧ Ety/BERÉTH

Derivations

• < ᴹ√BERETH “beech” ✧ Ety/NEL (BERÉTH); Ety/NEL (BERÉTH); Ety/PHER (BERÉTH)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√BERÉTH > brethel	[berétʰele] > [bretʰel] > [breθele] > [breθel]	✧ Ety/NEL
ᴹ√BERÉTH > brethil	[berétʰelī] > [bretʰelī] > [bretʰeli] > [breθeli] > [breθili] > [breθil]	✧ Ety/NEL