Eldamo : Middle Quenya : varna

ᴹQ. varna adj. “safe, protected, secure” (Category: to Save, Preserve, Keep Safe)

ᴹQ. varna, adj. “safe, protected, secure” (Category: to Save, Preserve, Keep Safe): ᴱQ. moina “safe, secure”

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “safe, protected, secure” under the root ᴹ√BAR “uplift, save, rescue” (Ety/BAR).

Reference ✧ Ety/BAR ✧ “safe, protected, secure”

Element In

Cognates

Derivations

< ᴹ✶barnā ✧ Ety/BAR (barnā́)
- < ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BAR

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶barnā́ > varna

[barnā] > [βarnā] > [βarna] > [varna]