Eldamo : Noldorin : cevn

N. cevn adj. “of earth, earthen” (Category: Earth, Land)

N. cevn, adj. “of earth, earthen” (Category: Earth, Land): ᴺS. ^cefn “of earth, earthen”

A Noldorin adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “of earth, earthen” and given as a derivative of the root ᴹ√KEM (Ety/KEM). Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary suggested an alternate (Neo) Sindarin spelling cefn (HSD/cefn) which is more than in keeping with Tolkien’s usual spelling conventions from the 1930s, but I prefer cevn as it makes the pronunciation clearer; see the discussion of the Sindarin phoneme [v] for more details.

References ✧ Ety/KEM; EtyAC/KEM

Glosses

“of earth, earthen” ✧ Ety/KEM

Variations

cevn ✧ Ety/KEM
cefn ✧ EtyAC/KEM

Changes

cefn >> cevn “of earth, earthen” ✧ EtyAC/KEM

Element In

N. cevnor “potter”
N. cevnas “earthenware” ✧ EtyAC/KEM

Cognates

ᴹQ. kemna “of earth, earthen” ✧ Ety/KEM

Derivations

< ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” ✧ Ety/KEM

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KEM > cevn

[kemna] > [kemn] > [kevn]

✧ Ety/KEM