Eldamo : Quenya : rassë

Q. rassë n. “horn” (Category: Horn (animal))

Q. rassë, n. “horn [of both animals and mountains]” (Category: Horn (animal))

A noun appearing as ᴹQ. rasse “horn” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√RAS “stick up” along with a variant form rasko (Ety/RAS). In that document Tolkien said it was used “especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains”. The word rasse “horn” reappeared on a (rejected) page of verb forms from 1948 (PE22/127 note #152), and again in notes from the 1950s or 60s discussing the mountain name S. Caradhras (PE17/36).

Reference ✧ PE17/36 ✧ rasse “horn”

ᴹQ. tarka “horn [of animals]” vs. rassë “horn”

Element In

ᴺQ. !rassëa “horned”
ᴺQ. !rassemunda “rhinoceros, (lit.) horn-snout”
Q. Arfanyarassë “High Shining White Peak”

Cognates

S. rass “horn” ✧ PE17/36

Derivations

< √RAS “horn”

ᴹQ. rasse n. “horn [of both animals and mountains]” (Category: Horn (animal))

See Q. rassë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/RAS; EtyAC/RAS; PE22/127

Glosses

“horn” ✧ Ety/RAS; PE22/127 (rasse)

Variations

rasse ✧ Ety/RAS; PE22/127 (rasse)
rasko ✧ EtyAC/RAS

Cognates

N. rhas “horn [of both animals and mountains]” ✧ Ety/RAS

Derivations

< ᴹ√RAS “stick up (intr.)” ✧ Ety/RAS; Ety/RAS; PE22/127 (RASA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√RAS > rasse	[rasse]	✧ Ety/RAS
ᴹ√RAS > rasko	[rasko]	✧ EtyAC/RAS
ᴹ√RASA > rasse	[rasse]	✧ PE22/127